Decomposing the gap in childhood undernutrition between poor and non-poor in urban India, 2005-06.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the growing evidence from other developing countries, intra-urban inequality in childhood undernutrition is poorly researched in India. Additionally, the factors contributing to the poor/non-poor gap in childhood undernutrition have not been explored. This study aims to quantify the contribution of factors that explain the poor/non-poor gap in underweight, stunting, and wasting among children aged less than five years in urban India.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from the third round of the National Family Health Survey conducted during 2005-06. Descriptive statistics were used to understand the gap in childhood undernutrition between the urban poor and non-poor, and across the selected covariates. Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique was used to

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3666977 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature