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Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh

This paper explores the relationship between household wealth and nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh using the nationally representative 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data. Chronic malnutrition was measured by z -score of height-for-age and the effect of househol...

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Main Authors: Kamal, S. M. Mostafa, Abdul Manaf, Rosliza, I., Md Aynul
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Language:English
Published: Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14430/1/Effects%20of%20wealth%20on%20nutritional%20status%20of%20pre-school%20children%20in%20Bangladesh.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:14430 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14430/ Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh Kamal, S. M. Mostafa Abdul Manaf, Rosliza I., Md Aynul This paper explores the relationship between household wealth and nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh using the nationally representative 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data. Chronic malnutrition was measured by z -score of height-for-age and the effect of household wealth on adverse childhood growth rate was assessed by multivariate logistic regression analyses. Overall, 43% of the children were stunted. The multivariate binary logistic regression analysis yielded significantly increased risk of stunting among the poorest (OR=2.26, 95% CI=1.77-2.89) as compared to the richest. The multivariate multinomial logistic regression produced elevated risk of moderate stunting (OR=1.98, 95% CI=1.50-2.61) and severe stunting (OR=2.88, 95% CI=2.00- 4.14) of children in the poorest category compared to their richest counterparts. Children’s age, duration of breastfeeding, mother’s education, body mass index, mother’s working status and place of region were also identified as important determinants of children’s nutritional status. The findings suggest that apart from poverty reduction, maternal education, and strengthening of child and maternal health care services are important to improve health and nutritional status of the children. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14430/1/Effects%20of%20wealth%20on%20nutritional%20status%20of%20pre-school%20children%20in%20Bangladesh.pdf Kamal, S. M. Mostafa and Abdul Manaf, Rosliza and I., Md Aynul (2010) Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 16 (2). pp. 219-232. ISSN 1394-035X http://nutriweb.org.my/mjn/2010.php
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description This paper explores the relationship between household wealth and nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh using the nationally representative 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey data. Chronic malnutrition was measured by z -score of height-for-age and the effect of household wealth on adverse childhood growth rate was assessed by multivariate logistic regression analyses. Overall, 43% of the children were stunted. The multivariate binary logistic regression analysis yielded significantly increased risk of stunting among the poorest (OR=2.26, 95% CI=1.77-2.89) as compared to the richest. The multivariate multinomial logistic regression produced elevated risk of moderate stunting (OR=1.98, 95% CI=1.50-2.61) and severe stunting (OR=2.88, 95% CI=2.00- 4.14) of children in the poorest category compared to their richest counterparts. Children’s age, duration of breastfeeding, mother’s education, body mass index, mother’s working status and place of region were also identified as important determinants of children’s nutritional status. The findings suggest that apart from poverty reduction, maternal education, and strengthening of child and maternal health care services are important to improve health and nutritional status of the children.
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author Kamal, S. M. Mostafa
Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
I., Md Aynul
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Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
I., Md Aynul
Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh
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Abdul Manaf, Rosliza
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title Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh
title_short Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh
title_full Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in Bangladesh
title_sort effects of wealth on nutritional status of pre-school children in bangladesh
publisher Nutrition Society of Malaysia
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14430/1/Effects%20of%20wealth%20on%20nutritional%20status%20of%20pre-school%20children%20in%20Bangladesh.pdf
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