Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes

In this paper, we investigate the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes using satellite-based nighttime light intensity data as a proxy for urbanization and urban growth. We employ two rounds (2008 and 2013) of geo-referenced and nationally representative Demographic and Health...

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Main Authors: Amare, Mulubrhan, Arndt, Channing, Abay, Kibrom A., Benson, Todd
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148573
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author Amare, Mulubrhan
Arndt, Channing
Abay, Kibrom A.
Benson, Todd
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description In this paper, we investigate the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes using satellite-based nighttime light intensity data as a proxy for urbanization and urban growth. We employ two rounds (2008 and 2013) of geo-referenced and nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Nigeria. The DHS data provide detailed anthropometric measures of child nutritional outcomes along with a series of control variables. We merge these geo-referenced DHS data with nighttime light intensity data for the survey clusters in which the DHS sample households reside. This nighttime light introduces a continuous gradient of urbanization permitting investigation of the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes along an urbanization continuum. The longitudinal nature of the nighttime data allows us to examine the dynamics of urbanization and its implication on child nutrition.
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spelling CGSpace1485732025-11-06T07:28:47Z Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes Amare, Mulubrhan Arndt, Channing Abay, Kibrom A. Benson, Todd night-time light dispersion child nutrition urbanization malnutrition In this paper, we investigate the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes using satellite-based nighttime light intensity data as a proxy for urbanization and urban growth. We employ two rounds (2008 and 2013) of geo-referenced and nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Nigeria. The DHS data provide detailed anthropometric measures of child nutritional outcomes along with a series of control variables. We merge these geo-referenced DHS data with nighttime light intensity data for the survey clusters in which the DHS sample households reside. This nighttime light introduces a continuous gradient of urbanization permitting investigation of the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes along an urbanization continuum. The longitudinal nature of the nighttime data allows us to examine the dynamics of urbanization and its implication on child nutrition. 2017 2024-06-21T09:25:05Z 2024-06-21T09:25:05Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148573 en https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhy015 application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Amare, Mulubrhan; Arndt, Channing; Abay, Kibrom A.; and Benson, Todd. 2017. Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes. NSSP Working Paper 49. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148573
spellingShingle night-time
light dispersion
child nutrition
urbanization
malnutrition
Amare, Mulubrhan
Arndt, Channing
Abay, Kibrom A.
Benson, Todd
Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes
title Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes
title_full Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes
title_fullStr Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes
title_short Urbanization and child nutritional outcomes
title_sort urbanization and child nutritional outcomes
topic night-time
light dispersion
child nutrition
urbanization
malnutrition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148573
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