An intersectional analysis of the composite index of anthropometric failures in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutritional inequality in India has been estimated typically using stunting, wasting and underweight separately which hide the overall magnitude and severity of undernutrition. We used the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) that combines all three forms of anthropometric failures to assess the severity of undernutrition and identify the most vulnerable social groups and geographical hotspots.

Method

CIAF was constructed using child anthropometric data from the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4, 2015-16). We considered 24 intersecting sub-groups based on intersections across four main axes of inequality i.e., caste [Scheduled Tribe (ST), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Other], economic position (poor and non-poor), place of residence

SUBMITTER: Kochupurackal SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature