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FAILURE TO THRIVE IN LEBANON: III. Family Income, Expenditure and Possessions
Author(s) -
KANAWATI ABDALLAH A.,
DARWISH OLFAT,
McLAREN DONALD S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1974.tb04357.x
Subject(s) - failure to thrive , thriving , medicine , pediatrics , sociology , social science
Summary Information was obtained from 40 Thriving and 30 Failing to Thrive families, as previously defined, living in two low socio‐economic areas of Beirut concerning their income, expenditure on various items and their possessions. Both groups were unable to save money but the Failing to Thrive were usually in debt. This group spent proportionally more on food and bought less nutritious food. Families of neither group were fully able to meet their energy or protein requirements. The possessions of the Thriving group were worth, on average, about three times those of the Failing to Thrive group. The contrast between the groups was least for household goods, greater for houses, and greatest for motorcars. The Failing to Thrive group had far fewer decorations, jewelry, and toys and the latter may be an important index of the richness of the child's environment. Refrigerators, radios and heaters were especially prized.