01648nam a22001697a 4500999001900000008004100019100005300060245007500113260003800188300003300226520093900259650010901198773003801307906001801345942000701363952010801370  c519186d519186220214b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSundaram, R. Sharma, V. and Saraswat, A. 932081  aAnthropometric measurements for children in nuclear and joint families  aThe Indian Journal of Economics    a399(4), Apr, 2020: p.533-546  aJoint household structures in which several generations live together. This is a developing countries specific phenomenon. Such household may confer benefit on the family members through the household public goods. Head of the household exercise greater control over the public good. Generally the oldest-active-male family member is the head of the household. This paper is an attempt to compare anthropometric outcomes of the children living in joint family against those children living in nuclear family. We must keep in mind that there is no standard definition for joint and nuclear family. The way they are defined are context specific and so all definitions have drawbacks if they are viewed in general. So, this paper defined nuclear and joint family for the analysis part particularly. The result is in the favour of the joint family i.e. the health indicators of the children are better in the joint family. – Reproduced   aJoint family, Nuclear family, Anthropometric outcomes, Health indicators, BMI, Child development.929819  aThe Indian Journal of Economics    aCHILD WELFARE  cAR  00102ddc40709393236aIIPAbIIPAd2022-02-14h399(4), Apr, 2020: p.533-546pAR126217r2022-02-14yAR