Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis

An emerging body of literature shows how low diversity in diets is associated with increased risk of chronic undernutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies in young children. The latest available Demographic and Health Survey data for Ethiopia reveals unusually large differences in children's dietar...

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Autor principal: Hirvonen, Kalle
Formato: Artículo preliminar
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148247
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description An emerging body of literature shows how low diversity in diets is associated with increased risk of chronic undernutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies in young children. The latest available Demographic and Health Survey data for Ethiopia reveals unusually large differences in children's dietary diversity between rural and urban areas. Applying recently developed non-linear decomposition methods, this large rural-urban gap in dietary diversity can almost entirely be explained by differences in household wealth, parental education, and access to health services between rural and urban areas.
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spelling CGSpace1482472025-11-06T07:15:22Z Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis Hirvonen, Kalle decomposition analysis child feeding children diet dietary diversity An emerging body of literature shows how low diversity in diets is associated with increased risk of chronic undernutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies in young children. The latest available Demographic and Health Survey data for Ethiopia reveals unusually large differences in children's dietary diversity between rural and urban areas. Applying recently developed non-linear decomposition methods, this large rural-urban gap in dietary diversity can almost entirely be explained by differences in household wealth, parental education, and access to health services between rural and urban areas. 2016-06-03 2024-06-21T09:24:09Z 2024-06-21T09:24:09Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148247 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Hirvonen, Kalle. 2016. Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis. ESSP II Working Paper 89. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148247
spellingShingle decomposition analysis
child feeding
children
diet
dietary diversity
Hirvonen, Kalle
Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
title Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
title_full Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
title_fullStr Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
title_full_unstemmed Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
title_short Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia: A Poisson decomposition analysis
title_sort rural urban differences in children s dietary diversity in ethiopia a poisson decomposition analysis
topic decomposition analysis
child feeding
children
diet
dietary diversity
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