Children’s education and parents’ dietary nutrient intake: an empirical study based on rural China

First, this paper makes an empirical test of the impact of children’s educational level on parents’ food consumption in rural China, including cereals, beans, vegetables, fruit, livestock meat, poultry, milk, eggs and aquatic products. Second, based on the analysis of food consumption, this paper further explores the impact of children’s educational level on parents’ nutrient intake, mainly including intake of calorie, heat, protein and fat. Finally, the empirical result of the impact of children’s educational level on parents’ diet quality is presented, including HBS, LBS and…