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Drivers of nutritional change in four South Asian countries: A dynamic observational analysis

This paper quantifies the factors explaining long‐term improvements in child height for age z‐scores in Bangladesh (1996/1997–2011), India (1992/1993–2005/2006), Nepal (1997–2011) and Pakistan (1991–2013). We apply the same statistical techniques to data from a common data source from which we have...

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Main Authors: Headey, Derek D., Hoddinott, John F., Park, Seollee
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2016
Subjects:
maternal and child health
infants
child nutrition
child health
constraints
socioeconomic environment
nutrition
chronic malnutrition
children
developing countries
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147489
Summary:This paper quantifies the factors explaining long‐term improvements in child height for age z‐scores in Bangladesh (1996/1997–2011), India (1992/1993–2005/2006), Nepal (1997–2011) and Pakistan (1991–2013). We apply the same statistical techniques to data from a common data source from which we have extracted a set of common explanatory variables that capture ‘nutrition‐sensitive’ factors. Three are particularly important in explaining height for age z‐score changes over these timeframes: improvements in material well‐being; increases in female education; and improvements in sanitation. These factors have comparable associations across all four countries.

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