Disparities in childhood composite index of anthropometric failure prevalence and determinants across Ethiopian administrative zones.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of under-five children's undernutrition in Ethiopia is among the highest in the world. This study aimed at exploring the prevalence and risk factors of the composite index for anthropometric failure (CIAF) of under-five children in Ethiopia by incorporating the zonal (district) effects.

Methods

The data was drawn from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys (EDHSs), a population-based cross-sectional study of 29,599 under-five year children from 72 Zones in the years 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2016. Fixed effect variables related to child and maternal-household were included in the model. We adopted a generalized mixed model with CIAF as outcome variable and Zones as random effects.

Results

The prevalence of CIAF in Ethiopia was 53.78% with the h

SUBMITTER: Fenta HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459952 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature