Engle P L
Psychology and Human Development, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 93407.
Soc Sci Med. 1993 Dec;37(11):1303-12. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90160-6.
The relative effects of fathers' and mothers' income on children's nutritional status were examined with a sample of 294 peri-urban Guatemalan children aged 8-47 months. Whether or not incomes tended to be pooled, and the relation of income earning to decision-making about purchases were examined. Four measures of income were constructed for both mother and father: total income, contribution to the household food budget, percentage of her/his income contributed to the household food budget, and a percentage of total family income earned by that person. In the majority of households, women did not report pooling their incomes. Women who earned a higher proportion of the family income had significantly more control over decision-making in all areas except food purchases, which were already primarily women's decisions. Relationships of income measures with children's nutritional status were examined with multiple linear regression analyses controlling for potentially confounding variables. For mothers, the percentage of the total family income they earned was most highly associated with children's nutritional status, suggesting that income control by mothers may have benefits for children. For fathers, the percentage of their income they contributed to the household food budget was most highly associated with children's nutritional status, suggesting that father investment or attitude toward children has important benefits for children.
以294名年龄在8至47个月的危地马拉城郊儿童为样本，研究了父亲和母亲收入对儿童营养状况的相对影响。研究了收入是否倾向于合并，以及收入赚取与购买决策之间的关系。为母亲和父亲分别构建了四项收入指标：总收入、对家庭食品预算的贡献、其收入占家庭食品预算的百分比，以及该人赚取的家庭总收入的百分比。在大多数家庭中，女性并未报告将其收入合并。赚取家庭收入比例较高的女性在除食品购买之外的所有领域对决策有显著更多的控制权，而食品购买决策原本就主要由女性做出。通过控制潜在混杂变量的多元线性回归分析，研究了收入指标与儿童营养状况之间的关系。对于母亲而言，她们赚取的家庭总收入的百分比与儿童营养状况关联度最高，这表明母亲对收入的掌控可能对孩子有益。对于父亲而言，他们对家庭食品预算的贡献占其收入的百分比与儿童营养状况关联度最高，这表明父亲对孩子的投入或态度对孩子有重要益处。
