Stunting, a linear growth anomaly in under-five year (U5) children: A risk factors’ analysis from maternal, household and individual background in Indian context

Partha Das (), Tanu Das () and Tamal Basu Roy ()
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Partha Das: Raiganj University
Tanu Das: Raiganj University
Tamal Basu Roy: Raiganj University

Child Indicators Research, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, No 15, 1025-1042

Abstract: Abstract India is a country where approximately one-third of children still suffer from stunting phenomena. Stunting among the children is an anomaly of impairment of growth and development of children. It is a significant deterrent in achieving the welfare of the children. The aims of this study is to explore the role of maternal, household and individual level risk factors nested within each other and its association with stunting phenomena among children under -five years of age. For conducting this study data have been extracted from the fourth series of the National Family Health Survey 2015-16. A total of 225,002 children of under-five age groups were included in this study. Apart from the summary statistics and Pearson’s chi-square test to understand the role of predictors and its association in between stunting outcome and independent variables binary logistic multivariate regression model was used. The study revealed that underweight women (AOR: 1.25; P

Keywords: Stunting; Chronic Under nutrition; Under-five children; NFHS; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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