Skip Navigation

Inicio Mostrar colecciones Acerca de ADISS Búsqueda avanzada Ayuda

Socio-economic determinants and inequalities in childhood malnutrition in Sri Lanka

Ver portada
Despite countless initiatives to alleviate malnutrition over the years, it affects hundreds of thousands of children in Sri Lanka. Understanding the determinants of malnutrition and their contribution to socio-economic inequality in malnutrition is essential in targeting specific socio-economic groups to improve their nutrition levels. This study attempts to identify the socio-economic determinants and their contribution to the socio-economic inequality in childhood malnutrition, which is vitally important in reducing the disproportional burden of childhood malnutrition in Sri Lanka. The study uses the nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 2006/07. Decomposition analysis is carried out to measure socio-economic related inequality in childhood malnutrition as well as low weight births. Socio-economic status was measured using principal component analysis. Continuity of life cycle of malnutrition and intergenerational transmission are major causes of continuation of childhood malnutrition among lower socio-economic groups.
Titulo traducido Determinantes y desigualdades socioeconómicas en las condiciones de desnutrición infantil de Sri Lanka
PDF
Url You must be logged in to access all resource information.
Autor
Editorial
Classification
Temas
Fecha
Fecha de publicacion 2012
Tipo de recurso
Formato
Idioma
Tipo de documento
Region
Fuente Well-being and Social Policy; vol. 8, no. 1, 2012
Nombre del archivo ADISS2016-412.pdf
Fecha de emision de registro 2017-02-23 19:41:48
Fecha de creacion 2017-02-23 19:41:54
Ultima modificacion 2022-11-23 18:28:43