Determinants of stunting among under-five children in Amhara and Oromia regions, Ethiopia: the linear quantile regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stunting in Ethiopia slightly decreased from 38% in 2016 to 34.4% in 2022. However, with this rate the country still falls behind the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. The underlying unobserved factors-whether constant overtime or/and evolving due to random shocks have not yet been identified. Therefore, the current study aimed to identify the determinants of stunting among under-five children by accounting for both time-invariant and time-varying random effects.

Methods

Data for this study was obtained from the International Food Policy Research Institute. It was collected through three annual follow-up surveys conducted between February 8, 2018, and April 25, 2021, targeting the children of households participating in the Productive Safety N

SUBMITTER: Wachifo DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12639992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature