Ex-post adjustment for measurement error in child stunting calculations: An illustration from Egypt

Jose Luis Figueroa and Sikandra Kurdi ()

No 23, MENA working papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This study provides estimated ranges for the magnitude of bias caused by measurement error in stunting rates in young children, a widely used proxy for long-term nutritional status.

Keywords: child nutrition; anthropometry; simulation; health; capacity development; measurement; malnutrition; nutrition; children; demography; Egypt; Northern Africa; Africa; Middle East (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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