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cent boys and 22 per cent of girls; children with cough accompanied by fast
breathing, and acute diarrhoea during the two weeks preceding of survey were
taken to health center; among children under age three, boys (13 per cent) were
somewhat less likely to have suffered from diarrhoea than girls (15 per cent); 93
per cent of children in Haryana who suffered from diarrhoea were taken to
health center as compared to the national level of 63 per cent; seven per cent of
children with diarrhoea did not received any treatment at all; the median length
of any breast feeding in Haryana was more than two years (24.3 months); the
median duration of breastfeeding was two months shorter for girls than for boys;
to assess the nutritional status, measurements of weight and height/ length
were obtained from children born in the three years preceding the survey; girls
were more likely than boys to be under weight and stunted, whereas boys were
slightly more likely to be wasted; young children in families with six or more
children were nutritionally most disadvantaged; 38 per cent of female children
compared to 32 per cent of male children were under weight and 53 per cent of
female children as compared to 48 per cent of male children were stunted.
Conclusion: The most notable finding from all the analyses was the preferential
treatment of boys in the case of nutrition. The nutritional status of children in
Haryana has not changed much since the time of NFHS-I. Nutritional deficiency
in women in the rural areas and women in the disadvantaged socio-economic
group was found to be more.
Key Words : 1.HEALTH 2.CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION 3.CHILD
HEALTH 4.NUTRITIONAL STATUS 5.GENDER DIFFERENCE 6.HEALTH
CARE 7.CHILD DEVELOPMENT 8.GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
9.DISCRIMINATION 10.EDUCATION 11.IMMUNIZATION 12.FEMALE
MORTALITY 13.GIRL CHILD WASTING 14.MALNOURISHMENT
15.BREASTFEEDING 16.GENDER BIAS NUTRITION 17.ENROLLMENT IN
SCHOOLS 18.HARYANA.
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DCWC Research Bulletin Vol. XVI April - June 2012