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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1981 27(1):15-22; doi:10.1093/tropej/27.1.15
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Farmers and Traders: Some Economic Determinants of Nutritional Status in Northern Ghana*

ROBERT B. TRIPP, M.S.(Human Nutrition) Ph.D. (Social Anthropology)

Economics Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Apdo. Postal 6–641, Mexico 6, D.F., Mexico

A study was undertaken to delineate the relationship between the economic pursuits carried out by men and women in a farming community in northern Ghana and the nutritional status of their children. Anthropometric measurements were taken for 187 preschool children and data were collected on a large number of socio-economic factors associated with the children's parents. Although certain indicators of farm resources and investment were positively correlated with above average nutritional status, the most significant differences were noted with respect to the trading activities of the parents. The group of children which exhibited the highest proportion above the median weight for age were those whose mothers had their own income from trading. The implications of these findings are discussed.


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