Are determinants of rural and urban food security and nutritional status different? Some insights from Mozambique

被引:119
作者
Garrett, JL [1 ]
Ruel, MT [1 ]
机构
[1] Int Food Policy Res Inst, Washington, DC 20036 USA
关键词
Africa; Mozambique; food security; nutrition; rural; urban;
D O I
10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00091-1
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Undernutrition of children 0-60 months old in Mozambique is much higher in rural than in urban areas. Food security is about the same, although substantial regional differences exist. Given these outcomes, we hypothesized that the determinants of food security and nutritional status in rural and urban areas of Mozambique would differ as well. Yet we find that the determinants of food insecurity and malnutrition, and the magnitudes of their effects, are very nearly the same, although some differentiation in determinants of undernutrition does begin to appear among children 24-60 months old. The difference in observed outcomes appears primarily due to differences in the levels of critical determinants rather than in the nature of the determinants themselves. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1955 / 1975
页数:21
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