Paternal literacy level is indirect

Paternal literacy level is indirectly associated
with child nutritional status. Father's education may be
important because he plays more active role in certain
health-seeking decisions & household income in our
social set up. The results showed that nutritional status
(50.9% children of illiterate fathers’ were malnourished
as compare to 19.5% children of literate fathers’) among
children whose father were illiterate was poor as
compare to children of educated fathers.
In our study, no significant relation was found
between family size and nutritional status. It is at
variance with that of various surveys conducted at
national and international level. However, children
examined in present study were not enough to draw a
definite conclusion. A study by Pelto et al examined the
extent to which household size is related to the
nutritional status in school age children in Mexico. The
relationship of food intake, anthropometric measures,
and household size were assessed in a sample of 110
children 7–9 year of age who were followed
longitudinally for a minimum of one year. Children
from large household were significantly shorter and
consumed diet of poor quality as assessed by intake offood from Animal sources. Deprivation of maternal care
is found in large families. Fewer children would mean
better maternal care, a better share of family resources
and better health of the family members.