Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand

Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, this paper reexamines the determinants of child wasting and maternal anemia. The findings bear out the importance of...

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Main Authors:	Dasgupta, Susmita, Wheeler, David
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL ANEMIA CHILD WASTING MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NUTRITION PREGNANCY DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/825161553796198653/Accounting-for-Regional-Differences-in-Mother-and-Child-Health-Bangladesh-West-Bengal-Bihar-and-Jharkhand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31493

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spelling	okr-10986-314932022-04-25T12:21:44Z Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand Dasgupta, Susmita Wheeler, David CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL ANEMIA CHILD WASTING MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NUTRITION PREGNANCY DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, this paper reexamines the determinants of child wasting and maternal anemia. The findings bear out the importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother’s education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the findings also highlight significant and large regional differences between Indian states and Bangladeshi provinces. For example, the results for Jharkhand state in India and Barisal province in Bangladesh indicate that controlling for those commonly cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the wealthiest, best-educated counterparts in Jharkhand. Mapping analysis of the spatial variations in child wasting and maternal anemia shows clear patterns of clustering over large areas that frequently overlap state/province and national boundaries. Possible sources of these striking differences include spatially differentiated prices and availability of critical nutrients; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition policy. 2019-04-03T15:57:18Z 2019-04-03T15:57:18Z 2019-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/825161553796198653/Accounting-for-Regional-Differences-in-Mother-and-Child-Health-Bangladesh-West-Bengal-Bihar-and-Jharkhand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31493 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8798 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL ANEMIA CHILD WASTING MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NUTRITION PREGNANCY DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY
spellingShingle	CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL ANEMIA CHILD WASTING MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NUTRITION PREGNANCY DEMOGRAPHIC HEALTH SURVEY Dasgupta, Susmita Wheeler, David Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
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description	Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, this paper reexamines the determinants of child wasting and maternal anemia. The findings bear out the importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother’s education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the findings also highlight significant and large regional differences between Indian states and Bangladeshi provinces. For example, the results for Jharkhand state in India and Barisal province in Bangladesh indicate that controlling for those commonly cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the wealthiest, best-educated counterparts in Jharkhand. Mapping analysis of the spatial variations in child wasting and maternal anemia shows clear patterns of clustering over large areas that frequently overlap state/province and national boundaries. Possible sources of these striking differences include spatially differentiated prices and availability of critical nutrients; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition policy.
format	Working Paper
author	Dasgupta, Susmita Wheeler, David
author_facet	Dasgupta, Susmita Wheeler, David
author_sort	Dasgupta, Susmita
title	Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
title_short	Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
title_full	Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
title_fullStr	Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
title_full_unstemmed	Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
title_sort	accounting for regional differences in mother and child health : bangladesh, west bengal, bihar, and jharkhand
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/825161553796198653/Accounting-for-Regional-Differences-in-Mother-and-Child-Health-Bangladesh-West-Bengal-Bihar-and-Jharkhand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31493
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Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand

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