Small area variation in child undernutrition across 640 districts and 543 parliamentary constituencies in India.

ABSTRACT: In India, districts serve as central policy unit for program development, administration and implementation. The one-size-fits-all approach based on average prevalence estimates at the district level fails to capture the substantial small area variation. In addition to district average, heterogeneity within districts should be considered in policy design. The objective of this study was to quantify the extent of small area variation in child stunting, underweight and wasting across 36 states/Union Territories (UTs), 640 districts (and 543 PCs), and villages/blocks in India. We utilized the 4th round of Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015-2016. The study population included 225,002 children aged 0-59 months whose height and weight information were available. Stun

SUBMITTER: Rajpal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907088 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature