| Nutritional Status of Children in Bangladesh:
Measuring Composite Index of Anthropometric
Failure (CIAF) and its Determinants |
| Authors: |
Rana Ejaz Ali Khan, and Muhammad Ali Raza |
| Source: |
Pakistan Journal of Commerce & Social Sciences, 8(1):11-23 |
| Topic(s): |
Child health
Nutrition
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| Country: |
Asia
Bangladesh
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| Published: |
MAY 2014 |
| Abstract: |
The objective of the current analysis is to see the factors responsible for malnutrition in
children (under-5 years) in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. In this study binary
logistic model is applied to 1831 observations of urban and 3427 observations of rural
areas. The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) is constructed and used as
an indicator of malnutrition. It is estimated that malnutrition in rural children is much
higher than in urban children. The results have shown that probability of CIAF is
negatively associated with birth-interval of child (in urban areas only), mother’s
education, wealth index of the household, mother’s BMI and number of children (5-15
years) in the household (in urban areas only). However, birth-order of the child (in urban
areas only), child’s age (in rural areas only), breastfeeding, incidence of diarrhea and
household size (in urban areas only) positively affect the probability of malnutrition in
children. For the policy formulation mother’s education, duration of breastfeeding and
nutritional status (BMI) of the mother is recommended to eliminate malnutrition. The
rural areas need special focus in the policy making. |
| Web: |
http://www.jespk.net/publications/157.pdf |
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