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HOUSEHOLD POVERTY WOMEN FERTILITY AND CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN TEHSIL JAHANIAN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).10      10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).10      Published : Sep 2020

Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan

Abstract

    This study measures the impact of household poverty on women fertility and the nutritional status of children. In this study, the poverty level is computed by the per capita income, while women fertility is measured by the number of children in a household. The Height- for-age Z-score (HAZ) method has been used to measure the nutritional status of children. A survey has been conducted to collect household data. The study uses the OLS method and finds that household poverty is positively correlated to women fertility rate but negatively related to the nutritional status of children. The study has suggested various policies measures for poverty, women fertility and the nutritional status of children.

    Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status

    (1) Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh
    Associate Professor, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Tariq
    Lecturer, Department of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Maryam Ghafoor
    MPhil Student, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Sheikh, M. R., Tariq, M., & Ghafoor, M. (2020). Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan. Global Economics Review, V(III), 97-117. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).10

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Sheikh, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Tariq, and Maryam Ghafoor. 2020. "Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan." Global Economics Review, V (III): 97-117 doi: 10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).10

HARVARD

    HARVARD : SHEIKH, M. R., TARIQ, M. & GHAFOOR, M. 2020. Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan. Global Economics Review, V, 97-117.

MHRA

    MHRA : Sheikh, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Tariq, and Maryam Ghafoor. 2020. "Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan." Global Economics Review, V: 97-117

MLA

    MLA : Sheikh, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Tariq, and Maryam Ghafoor. "Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan." Global Economics Review, V.III (2020): 97-117 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Sheikh, Muhammad Ramzan, Tariq, Muhammad, and Ghafoor, Maryam (2020), "Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan", Global Economics Review, V (III), 97-117

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Sheikh, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Tariq, and Maryam Ghafoor. "Household Poverty, Women Fertility and Child Nutritional Status in Tehsil Jahanian, Pakistan." Global Economics Review V, no. III (2020): 97-117. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2020(V-III).10