Household migration and children's diet in Nepal: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Individuals from low-income countries often migrate abroad for employment. The association between such migration and investment in education as well as other societal and familial outcomes has previously been examined. However, we have a limited understanding of the association between migration and children's nutrition. We aim to determine the extent to which migration of household members influences children's diet in a semi-urban region of Nepal.

Results

In our study setting, children in households with a migrant had higher dietary diversity scores, 0.69 on average, than their counterparts in households without a migrant. These children were approximately 43% points more likely to meet a minimum requirement for dietary diversity. These differences originated pr

SUBMITTER: Acharya Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625056 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature