PMID- 33500017
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210917
LR  - 20230619
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Print)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 6
DP  - 2021 Apr
TI  - Changes in socio-economic inequality in nutritional status among children in EAG 
      states, India.
PG  - 1304-1317
LID - 10.1017/S1368980021000343 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The primary purpose of this study is to examine changes in 
      socio-economic inequality in nutritional status (stunting and underweight) among 
      children in Empowered Action Group (EAG) states. DESIGN: The study is based on 
      the most recent two wave's cross-sectional data from the National Family Health 
      Survey (NFHS) conducted in 2005-2006 (NFHS-3) and 2015-2016 (NFHS-4). The study 
      used height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-age (underweight) of children as 
      anthropometric indicators. SETTING: EAG states including Bihar, Chhattisgarh, 
      Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in 
      India. PARTICIPANTS: The study includes a total of 11 858 (NFHS-3) and 92 630 
      (NFHS-4) children under 5 years of age. RESULT: The socio-economic inequality in 
      stunting remained unchanged in all EAG states. At the same time, the inequality 
      in underweight decreased during 2005-2016. On decomposing, the factors 
      contributing to socio-economic inequality revealed that household wealth index, 
      mother's education and mother's nutritional status were the largest contributors 
      to stunting (47 %, 24 % and 8 %) and underweight (51 %, 21 % and 16 %), 
      respectively, in 2015-2016. CONCLUSION: The study concluded the socio-economic 
      inequality in underweight among children under 5 years of age increased over the 
      years in EAG states in India. Altogether, household wealth index, mother's 
      education and mother's nutritional status contributed to nearly 80 % to 
      inequality in stunting and 90 % to inequality in underweight in 2015-2016. Hence, 
      efforts should be made to minimise the socio-economic inequality in the 
      nutritional status of children, particularly in EAG states in India.
FAU - Kumar, Rajeev
AU  - Kumar R
AD  - Department of Population Policies and Programmes, International Institute for 
      Population Sciences, Mumbai400088, India.
FAU - Paswan, Balram
AU  - Paswan B
AD  - Department of Population Policies and Programmes, International Institute for 
      Population Sciences, Mumbai400088, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210127
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Educational Status
MH  - *Growth Disorders/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - *Nutritional Status
PMC - PMC10195466
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Decomposition analysis
OT  - EAG states India
OT  - Socio-economic inequality
OT  - Stunting
OT  - Underweight
EDAT- 2021/01/28 06:00
MHDA- 2021/09/18 06:00
PMCR- 2021/04/01
CRDT- 2021/01/27 05:35
PHST- 2021/01/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/09/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/27 05:35 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1368980021000343 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980021000343 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2021 Apr;24(6):1304-1317. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021000343. 
      Epub 2021 Jan 27.