Abstract: This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between single parenting and child nutrition in comparison to dual parenting. The analysis was carried out on a population of 1000 children between the ages 5 and 10 which the anthropometric method was used on the children while demographic characteristics was examined. The comparison was made between 500 children of single parents and 500 children of dual parents. The results obtained showed that there were differences in nutritional status between children reared by single parents in urban and rural settings. Children of lower parental educational level in the urban areas were less fed than their counterparts in the rural settings. Whereas children of dual parents in the urban areas were of better nutritional status than those in the rural areas. Summarily, children reared by dual parents had relatively adequate diet regardless of their residential location.
Keywords: Child Nutrition, Dual Parenthood, Single Parenthood, Nigeria.
Title: Effect of Single and Dual Parenthood on Children’s Nutritional Status in Nigeria
Author: M.L Aliyu, S.T Aliyu, S. Onyewu
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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