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ArticleHealth & place2025

To stay or grow? Migration patterns and child growth in rural Bihar, India.

Reshma P Roshania, Solveig A Cunningham, Aritra Das, Tanusree Bag, Rakesh Giri, Guntur Sai Mala, Melissa F Young, Sridhar Srikantiah, Tanmay Mahapatra, Usha Ramakrishnan

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Reshma P RoshaniaNutrition and Health Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States; CARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Patna, BR, India. Electronic address: rroshania@ncaer.org.
Solveig A CunninghamNutrition and Health Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States. Electronic address: sargese@emory.edu.
Aritra DasCARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Patna, BR, India. Electronic address: aritra@piramalswasthya.org.
Tanusree BagCARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Patna, BR, India. Electronic address: tanusree.bag@gmail.com.
Rakesh GiriCARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Patna, BR, India. Electronic address: rakeshgirimba@gmail.com.
Guntur Sai MalaCARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Patna, BR, India. Electronic address: msaimala@gmail.com.
Melissa F YoungNutrition and Health Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States. Electronic address: melissa.young@emory.edu.
Sridhar SrikantiahCARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Patna, BR, India. Electronic address: ssridhar@piramalswasthya.org.
Tanmay MahapatraCARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development, Patna, BR, India. Electronic address: tanmay@piramalswasthya.org.
Usha RamakrishnanNutrition and Health Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States. Electronic address: uramakr@emory.edu.

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Abstract

While the dominant patterns of migration for livelihood among the poor in India are rural-to-rural and circular, literature on the health implications of child migration has largely focused on rural-to-urban, permanent movement. We compared child growth across three migration typologies rural Bihar: circular migrant families that repeatedly migrate to rural destination sites with accompanying young children, rural households with male migrants, and rural households that do not engage in migration. We integrated network theory based on caste and tribe geography to inform our analytical approach. Our results demonstrate complex associations between nutrition status and repeated movement of children between home and destination spaces. In addition to the policy imperative of multilocational strategies for migrant families, households that do not engage in migration yet are located in high outmigration regions also require targeted livelihood and health interventions.

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Child DevelopmentRural PopulationTransients and MigrantsChildChild, PreschoolFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHumansIndiaInfantMaleNutritional StatusChild growthCircular migrationIndiaInternal migrationRural

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PMCPMC11790338

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