Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia

Alejandro Gaviria and Alejandro Hoyos Suarez

Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2011

Abstract: Welfare programs in Colombia have focused on both reducing malnutrition and hunger and increasing school attendance. But there is not much evidence on the hypothesized relationship between nutrition status and schooling outcomes. Using the National Survey of Nutritional Status in Colombia - 2005 (ensin) and the Demographic and Health Survey - 2005 (dhs), this paper estimates the impact of nutrition on schooling outcomes. The results suggest that anemic children have a higher probability of being overage in school. Malnutrition, defined by anthropometric measures, does not have an impact on the probability of being overage. School attendance seems to be unrelated to nutrition measures. The results are consistent under different specifications.

Keywords: School attendance; overage; nutrition; micronutrients. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I20 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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