NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS
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DOI：
10.1017/s0021932012000181
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Islam, Mohammad Amirul
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作者：
Alom, Jahangir;Quddus, Md. Abdul;Islam, Mohammad Amirul
5岁以下儿童的营养状况是一个国家健康状况和经济状况的敏感标志。本研究利用2007年孟加拉国人口和健康调查数据，调查了一些人口、社会经济、环境和健康相关因素对孟加拉国五岁以下儿童营养状况的不同影响。两个层次的随机截距二元逻辑回归模型被用来确定五岁以下儿童营养不良的决定因素。分析显示，16%的儿童严重发育不良，25%的儿童中度发育不良。在5岁以下的儿童中，3%严重消瘦，14%中度消瘦。此外，11%的儿童体重严重不足，28%的儿童体重中度不足。研究发现，五岁以下儿童营养不良的主要影响因素是儿童年龄、母亲受教育程度、父亲受教育程度、父亲职业、家庭财富指数、目前是否母乳喂养、分娩地点和分工。分析发现，社区一级的差异很大。
The nutritional status of under-five children is a sensitive sign of a country's health status as well as economic condition. This study investigated the differential impact of some demographic, socioeconomic, environmental and health-related factors on the nutritional status among under-five children in Bangladesh using Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007 data. Two-level random intercept binary logistic regression models were used to identify the determinants of under-five malnutrition. The analyses revealed that 16% of the children were severely stunted and 25% were moderately stunted. Among the children under five years of age 3% were severely wasted and 14% were moderately wasted. Furthermore, 11% of the children were severely underweight and 28% were moderately underweight. The main contributing factors for under-five malnutrition were found to be child's age, mother's education, father's education, father's occupation, family wealth index, currently breast-feeding, place of delivery and division. Significant community-level variations were found in the analyses.