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Determinants of children’s nutritional status in Malawi

Year: 2020

Type: report

Abstract: Malnutrition reduction efforts can be targeted based on the characteristics that affect children’s nutritional status. Using data from a nationally representative survey, we model the determinants of young children’s nutritional status in Malawi as measured by height-for-age and weight-for-height z-scores. We identify several determinants of children’s nutritional status including their gender (boys are more malnourished than girls), their mother’s education, the food security and location of their household (rural children are more acutely but not chronically malnourished than urban children) and access to clean water.

Source: CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)

DOI: 10.2499/p15738coll2.133799

Authors: Lemekezani K. Chilora, Jan Duchoslav

Language: English

Topic: Child Nutrition and Water Access

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities, No poverty

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3040913636

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