Approaches for assessing the role of Household Socioeconomic Status on Child Anthropometric measures in Urban South Africa
Source
American Journal of Human Biology
Authors
Zoe A. SheppardShane A. NorrisJohn M. PettiforNoel CameronPaula L. Griffiths
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2009
HSRC Library: shelf number 9813815
handle
20.500.11910/4781
The article compares the variance explained in anthropometric outcomes when using individual measures of socioeconomic status versus different approaches to create SES indices within the urban African context, and discusses the influence of SES on child anthropometric outcomes.