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Mother's education is the most important factor in socio-economic inequality of child stunting in Iran
Authors
M.H. Emamian
M. Fateh
A. Fotouhi
N. Gorgani
Publication date
1 January 2014
Publisher
'Cambridge University Press (CUP)'
Abstract
Objective: Malnutrition is one of the most important health problems, especially in developing countries. The present study aimed to describe the socio-economic inequality in stunting and its determinants in Iran for the first time. Design: Cross-sectional, population-based survey, carried out in 2009. Using randomized cluster sampling, weight and height of children were measured and anthropometric indices were calculated based on child growth standards given by the WHO. Socio-economic status of families was determined using principal component analysis on household assets and social specifications of families. The concentration index was used to calculate socio-economic inequality in stunting and its determinants were measured by decomposition of this index. Factors affecting the gap between socio-economic groups were recognized by using the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method. Setting: Shahroud District in north-eastern Iran. Subjects: Children (n 1395) aged <6 years. Results: The concentration index for socio-economic inequality in stunting was -0.1913. Mother's education contributed 70 in decomposition of this index. Mean height-for-age Z-score was -0.544 and -0.335 for low and high socio-economic groups, respectively. Mother's education was the factor contributing most to the gap between these two groups. Conclusions: There was a significant socio-economic inequality in the studied children. If mother's education is distributed equally in all the different groups of Iranian society, one can expect to eliminate 70 of the socio-economic inequalities. Even in high socio-economic groups, the mean height-for-age Z-score was lower than the international standards. These issues emphasize the necessity of applying new interventions especially for the improvement of maternal education. Copyright © The Authors 2013
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