Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas

Reducing child undernutrition is a key social policy objective of the Ethiopian government. Despite substantial reduction over the last decade and a half, child undernutrition is still high; with 48 percent of children either stunted, underweight or wasted, undernutrition remains an important child...

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Main Authors:	Sohnesen, Thomas Pave, Ambel, Alemayehu Azeze, Fisker, Peter, Andrews, Colin, Khan, Qaiser
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	PLoS 2018
Subjects:	NUTRITION CHILD HEALTH STUNTING MALNUTRITION UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29137

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spelling	okr-10986-291372021-05-25T10:54:42Z Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas Sohnesen, Thomas Pave Ambel, Alemayehu Azeze Fisker, Peter Andrews, Colin Khan, Qaiser NUTRITION CHILD HEALTH STUNTING MALNUTRITION UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT Reducing child undernutrition is a key social policy objective of the Ethiopian government. Despite substantial reduction over the last decade and a half, child undernutrition is still high; with 48 percent of children either stunted, underweight or wasted, undernutrition remains an important child health challenge. The existing literature highlights that targeting of efforts to reduce undernutrition in Ethiopia is inefficient, in part due to lack of data and updated information. This paper remedies some of this shortfall by estimating levels of stunting and underweight in each woreda for 2014. The estimates are small area estimations based on the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey and the latest population census. It is shown that small area estimations are powerful predictors of undernutrition, even compared to household characteristics, such as wealth and education, and hence a valuable targeting metric. The results show large variations in share of children undernourished within each region, more than between regions. The results also show that the locations with larger challenges depend on the chosen undernutrition statistic, as the share, number and concentration of undernourished children point to vastly different locations. There is also limited correlation between share of children underweight and stunted across woredas, indicating that different locations face different challenges. 2018-01-10T21:05:37Z 2018-01-10T21:05:37Z 2017-04-14 Journal Article PLoS ONE http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29137 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ World Bank PLoS Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia
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topic	NUTRITION CHILD HEALTH STUNTING MALNUTRITION UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT
spellingShingle	NUTRITION CHILD HEALTH STUNTING MALNUTRITION UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT Sohnesen, Thomas Pave Ambel, Alemayehu Azeze Fisker, Peter Andrews, Colin Khan, Qaiser Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas
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description	Reducing child undernutrition is a key social policy objective of the Ethiopian government. Despite substantial reduction over the last decade and a half, child undernutrition is still high; with 48 percent of children either stunted, underweight or wasted, undernutrition remains an important child health challenge. The existing literature highlights that targeting of efforts to reduce undernutrition in Ethiopia is inefficient, in part due to lack of data and updated information. This paper remedies some of this shortfall by estimating levels of stunting and underweight in each woreda for 2014. The estimates are small area estimations based on the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey and the latest population census. It is shown that small area estimations are powerful predictors of undernutrition, even compared to household characteristics, such as wealth and education, and hence a valuable targeting metric. The results show large variations in share of children undernourished within each region, more than between regions. The results also show that the locations with larger challenges depend on the chosen undernutrition statistic, as the share, number and concentration of undernourished children point to vastly different locations. There is also limited correlation between share of children underweight and stunted across woredas, indicating that different locations face different challenges.
format	Journal Article
author	Sohnesen, Thomas Pave Ambel, Alemayehu Azeze Fisker, Peter Andrews, Colin Khan, Qaiser
author_facet	Sohnesen, Thomas Pave Ambel, Alemayehu Azeze Fisker, Peter Andrews, Colin Khan, Qaiser
author_sort	Sohnesen, Thomas Pave
title	Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas
title_short	Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas
title_full	Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas
title_fullStr	Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas
title_full_unstemmed	Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas
title_sort	small area estimation of child undernutrition in ethiopian woredas
publisher	PLoS
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29137
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Small Area Estimation of Child Undernutrition in Ethiopian Woredas

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