Maternal socioeconomic status and infant feeding practices underlying pathways to child stunting in Cambodia: structural path analysis using cross-sectional population data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and investigate complex pathways to stunting among children aged 6-24 months to determine the mediating effects of dietary diversity and continued breast feeding on the association between socioeconomic factors and child stunting.

Design, setting and participants

We analysed the most recent cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey data from Cambodia (2014). We applied structural path analysis on a sample of 1365 children to model the complex and inter-related pathways of factors determining children's height for age. Explanatory variables included a composite indicator of maternal employment, household wealth, maternal education, current breastfeeding status and dietary diversity score. Results are presented both in terms of non-standardised and s

SUBMITTER: Harvey CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9639063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature