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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(2):78-84; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.2.78
© 1987 by Oxford University Press
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Association of Income, Occupation, and Parental Education with Growth and Scholastic Achievement in School Children in Bombay

Rajeshree Udani Singhania, MD, Noel Cameron, PhD* and Vrajesh Udani, MD**

LSS Paediatric Hospital & Research Centre Jaykaynagar, KOTA-324 003, Rajasthan, India
*Department of Anatomy, University of Witwatusund R.S.A.
**Fellow in Paediatric Neurology, Downstale Medical Centre New York

Three hundred and forty-seven urban school children from various socio-economic groups who were studying in the same school were measured for height, weight, skinfold thickness, and upper arm circumference to assess growth. Scholastic achievement was assessed by their respective class teachers. Skeletal maturity was also assessed. Nutritional history, parenteral heights, income, occupation and education were recorded.

An analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis, was done with the aid of the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) Computer programme at the London University Computer Centre.

The joint effect of income, occupation, and education was statistically significant in contributing to male weight, skinfold thickness and upper arm circumference, but no to height. They contributed very significantly to female height and weight, but not to their skinfold thickness and upper arm circumference.

Parental education was more important than occupation and income for all the measurement. In fact it was statistically significant in its contribution to male child's skinfold thickness and upper arm circumference, and to female child's weight.

Scholastic achievement was dependent on income, occupation, father's education, and mother's education to a very high degree.


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