Dynamics of stunting from childhood to youthhood in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Young Lives panel data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stunting continues to be a public health challenge with grave health, cognitive and economic consequences. Yet, its dynamics along the life course remain not well investigated in Ethiopia and beyond.

Methods

Longitudinal data generated by following two (younger and older) cohorts of about 3000 children for nearly 15 years were analyzed to investigate the longitudinal dynamics of stunting in Ethiopia. The cross-sectional prevalence of stunting in each round, longitudinal prevalence, and transition probabilities were determined. Multilevel mixed effects ordinal regression was applied to identify the determinants of stunting accounting for child-level and cluster-level variations.

Results

The cross-sectional prevalence of severe stunting for the younger coho

SUBMITTER: Astatkie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7006942 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature