Contribution of sociodemographic determinants in explaining the nutritional gap between the richest-poorest women of Bangladesh: A decomposition approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition among women disproportionately exists across socioeconomic classes of Bangladesh. According to our knowledge, studies which attempted to identify determinants and their contributions to explain BMI-based nutritional gap between the poorest and the richest categories of Wealth Index are still scarce.

Objectives

To identify the nutritional gap of women between the richest-poorest classes in Bangladesh, and to determine how much of this gap are attributed to differences in predictors and differences in coefficients.

Study population

Reproductive-aged (15-49 years) women of Bangladesh.

Methods and procedures

We utilized the latest round (2017-2018) data of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS). Body mass index (BMI) has been us

SUBMITTER: Rana MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9436068 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature