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Women's Education and Child Stunting Reduction in India
Authors: Vijayan K. Pillai, and Arati Maleku
Source: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, XLVI(3)
Topic(s): Child health
Education
Nutrition
Women's status
Country: Asia
  India
Published: SEP 2019
Abstract: In spite of India’s healthy economic growth during the last two decades, about 40 percent of all children in India today are stunted. Though the problem has received widespread attention in the public health literature on stunting in India, very few studies have attempted to explicitly account for the progressive stages of stunting among children. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects women’s education on various levels of stunting among Indian children. Data from the National Family Health Survey (2005-2006) was used to test three separate models of stunting. Generalized ordinal regression method was employed to analyze the data. Factors such as availability of diverse sources of analyze the data. Factors such as availability of diverse sources of water, increases in mother’s level of education, age at first birth, wealth stats and urban residence significantly reduced the odds of being stunted.