Abstract
In India, despite having high economic growth, considerable inter-state inequality exists across states in terms of per capita income as well as employment opportunities. The eight Empowered Action Group (EAG) states, which have performed poorly on different accounts of social and physical infrastructure, are also characterised by large inter-state migration for employment. Parental out-migration from these states affects different aspects of child well-being. The present study tries to assess nutritional health status, morbidity and health care utilisation among children based on their parents’ migration status. The results show that parents’ migration status plays a vital role in influencing the prevalence of common childhood diseases and malnutrition among children in EAG states. Multi-prolonged and decentralised strategies are required towards developing and implementing comprehensive nutrition and nutrition-related education programme for the children in these states.
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