Publication year: 2011
Source: Social Science & Medicine, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 6 July 2011
Praveen Kumar, Pathak , Abhishek, Singh
This paper examines the trends and patterns of economic inequalities with respect to child malnutrition by wealth status of population across major regions and states of India. Data from three rounds of National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) conducted during 1992-2006 were analysed. The proportion of underweight children (measure of both acute and chronic malnutrition) has been used as a dependent variable. The wealth index is used as proxy for economic status of the population, and was estimated through principal component analysis by employing a set of variables representing durable asset ownership, access to utilities and infrastructure, and housing characteristics…