Synopsis: An analysis of trends and determinants of child undernutrition in Ethiopia, 2000-2011

Derek Headey

No 39, ESSP research notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This study uses two rounds of the Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) to statistically analyze patterns and trends in undernutrition (child growth) in Ethiopia over the period 2000 to 2011. In 2000, over half of Ethiopian preschool children were stunted and almost a third were severely stunted. However, progress against child undernutrition over the study period was solid, with stunting prevalence reduced by 1.4 percentage points per year, although progress has slowed since to 1.0 points per year between 2011 and 2014.

Keywords: undernutrition; health; stunting; malnutrition; nutrition; children; demography; Ethiopia; Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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