PMID- 21798638
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111212
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 1873-5347 (Electronic)
IS  - 0277-9536 (Linking)
VI  - 73
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Aug
TI  - Trends in malnutrition among children in India: growing inequalities across 
      different economic groups.
PG  - 576-585
LID - S0277-9536(11)00380-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.024 [doi]
AB  - This paper examines the trends and patterns of economic inequalities with respect 
      to child malnutrition by wealth status of population across major regions and 
      states of India. Data from three rounds of National Family and Health Survey 
      (NFHS) conducted during 1992-2006 were analyzed. The proportion of underweight 
      children (measure of both acute and chronic malnutrition) has been used as a 
      dependent variable. The wealth index is used as proxy for economic status of the 
      population, and was estimated through principal component analysis by employing a 
      set of variables representing durable asset ownership, access to utilities and 
      infrastructure, and housing characteristics of respondents for all the three 
      survey rounds. Bivariate analyses, poor-rich ratio and concentration indices were 
      used to understand the trends in economic inequalities with respect to child 
      malnutrition. Pooled logistic regression models were fitted to estimate the 
      adjusted effect of economic status on the likelihood of child malnutrition over 
      time. Results indicate sluggish change coupled with concomitant rise in economic 
      inequalities with respect to child malnutrition in India during 1992-2006. The 
      burden of malnutrition was disproportionately concentrated among poor children. 
      In addition, average decline in malnutrition concealed large economic disparities 
      across space and time.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Pathak, Praveen Kumar
AU  - Pathak PK
AD  - Department of Geography, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416004, India. 
      Electronic address: pkp_pathak@rediffmail.com.
FAU - Singh, Abhishek
AU  - Singh A
AD  - Department of Public Health & Mortality Studies, International Institute for 
      Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, Maharashtra, 
      India. Electronic address: abhi_iips@yahoo.co.in.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20110706
PL  - England
TA  - Soc Sci Med
JT  - Social science & medicine (1982)
JID - 8303205
SB  - IM
MH  - Child Nutrition Disorders/*epidemiology
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Health Status Disparities
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - *Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Thinness/*epidemiology
EDAT- 2011/07/30 06:00
MHDA- 2011/12/14 06:00
CRDT- 2011/07/30 06:00
PHST- 2009/11/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/06/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/06/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/07/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0277-9536(11)00380-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.024 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Soc Sci Med. 2011 Aug;73(4):576-585. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.024. Epub 
      2011 Jul 6.