This study was carried out to clarify the effect of socioeconomic factors as well as parasitic infection on growth of primary school children. The chosen sample included 420 pupils, 54.5% of them were urban and 45.5% were rural. Males constituted 51.9% of the studied sample while 48.1% were females. The study revealed that urbanization increases the growth of children in height. However, rural children were more fatty. Father’s education was found to be positively correlated with the growth of children. Also, mother’s education and work were privilege for their children as regards growth indices. Families of better income were found to have children with better growth parameters and the number of siblings was found to be negatively correlated with the growth of children. Again, parasitic infection had marked hazardous effect on the growth of infected children. |
