Socio-economic inequalities in and factors associated with minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months in South Asia: a decomposition analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine the factors associated with minimum dietary diversity (MDD) and estimate the socioeconomic inequalities in MDD among children from five South Asian countries.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

The study used the most recent round of secondary databases of Demographic Health Survey data of Bangladesh (2017-2018), India (2019-2021), Maldives (2016-2017), Nepal (2018) and Pakistan (2017-2018).

Participants

This study used information on MDD and other explanatory variables from a total of 136 980 (weighted) children aged 6-23 months.

Methods

Multivariable logistic regression was employed to identify the factors associated with MDD and concentration index (CIX) and Lorenz curve were used to measure the socioeconomic inequ

SUBMITTER: Rahman MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10749007 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature