Spatial heterogeneity and correlates of child malnutrition in districts of India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite sustained economic growth and reduction in money metric poverty in last two decades, prevalence of malnutrition remained high in India. During 1992-2016, the prevalence of underweight among children had declined from 53% to 36%, stunting had declined from 52% to 38% while that of wasting had increased from 17% to 21% in India. The national average in the level of malnutrition conceals large variation across districts of India. Using data from the recent round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 2015-16 this paper examined the spatial heterogeneity and meso-scale correlates of child malnutrition across 640 districts of India.

Methods

Moran's I statistics and bivariate LISA maps were used to understand spatial dependence and clustering of child malnutri

SUBMITTER: Khan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098604 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature