| Gender-specific disaggregated analysis of childhood undernutrition in Ethiopia: evidence from 2000–2016 nationwide survey |
| Authors: |
Biniyam Sahiledengle, Lillian Mwanri, Cauane Blumenberg, and Kingsley Emwinyore Agho |
| Source: |
BMC Public Health, Volume 23, article 2040; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16907-x |
| Topic(s): |
Child health
Children under five
Gender
Nutrition
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| Country: |
Africa
Ethiopia
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| Published: |
OCT 2023 |
| Abstract: |
Introduction
Childhood undernutrition has been investigated extensively in previous literature but gender inequality detailing the burden of undernutrition has not been adequately addressed in scientific papers, especially in Ethiopia, where undernutrition is known to be a public health problem of high significance, necessitating increased efforts to address it and reduce this inequality. This study was carried out to: (1) explore gender differences in the prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight, and (2) compare the factors associated with childhood undernutrition between boys and girls in Ethiopia.
Methods
The study used a dataset of more than 33,564 children aged under 5 years (boys: 17,078 and girls: 16,486) who were included in the nationally representative Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) from 2000 to 2016. The outcome variables were anthropometric indices: stunting (height-for-age?
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| Web: |
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-16907-x#citeas |
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