Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia

One major limitation to addressing child undernutrition is a lack of the information required to target resources. This article extends the small-area estimation technique of Elbers, Lanjouw, and Lanjouw (2002, 2003) to jointly estimate multiple equations while allowing for individual-specific rando...

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Main Author:	Fujii, Tomoki
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank 2013
Subjects:	nutrition map small-area estimation targeting undernutrition child nutrition clinics correlations crime disasters health care infectious diseases intervention methodologies methodology migration mortality nutrition nutritional status nutritionists pediatrics public health researchers siblings survey data
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13454

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spelling	okr-10986-134542021-04-23T14:03:08Z Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia Fujii, Tomoki nutrition map small-area estimation targeting undernutrition child nutrition clinics correlations crime disasters health care infectious diseases intervention methodologies methodology migration mortality nutrition nutritional status nutritionists pediatrics public health researchers siblings survey data One major limitation to addressing child undernutrition is a lack of the information required to target resources. This article extends the small-area estimation technique of Elbers, Lanjouw, and Lanjouw (2002, 2003) to jointly estimate multiple equations while allowing for individual-specific random errors across equations (in addition to cluster- and household-specific random errors). Estimates of the prevalence of stunting and underweight for children under age 5 in Cambodia from 17 Demographic and Health Survey strata are disaggregated into 1,594 communes by combining the Demographic and Health Survey data. The estimates are consistent with the survey-only estimates at the aggregate and primary sampling unit levels. The accuracy of the commune-level estimates is comparable to the survey-only estimates at the stratum level. The results are robust, and the estimates are useful for policy analysis and formulation. The small-area estimates can be presented in various ways. The strengths of each representation are also discussed. 2013-05-16T19:39:10Z 2013-05-16T19:39:10Z 2011-03-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X doi:10.1093/wber/lhq016 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13454 en_US World Bank Economic Review;24(3) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Cambodia
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description	One major limitation to addressing child undernutrition is a lack of the information required to target resources. This article extends the small-area estimation technique of Elbers, Lanjouw, and Lanjouw (2002, 2003) to jointly estimate multiple equations while allowing for individual-specific random errors across equations (in addition to cluster- and household-specific random errors). Estimates of the prevalence of stunting and underweight for children under age 5 in Cambodia from 17 Demographic and Health Survey strata are disaggregated into 1,594 communes by combining the Demographic and Health Survey data. The estimates are consistent with the survey-only estimates at the aggregate and primary sampling unit levels. The accuracy of the commune-level estimates is comparable to the survey-only estimates at the stratum level. The results are robust, and the estimates are useful for policy analysis and formulation. The small-area estimates can be presented in various ways. The strengths of each representation are also discussed.
format	Journal Article
author	Fujii, Tomoki
author_facet	Fujii, Tomoki
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title	Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia
title_short	Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia
title_full	Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia
title_fullStr	Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia
title_full_unstemmed	Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia
title_sort	micro-level estimation of child undernutrition indicators in cambodia
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Micro-Level Estimation of Child Undernutrition Indicators in Cambodia

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