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Item Socio-Economic Determinants of Health Status in Ethiopia Economic Policy Analysis(2006-07) Fufa, Dessalegn; Siddiqui, Frida (PhD)This study attempts to analyze the impact of per capita income, mother education, per capita public health expenditure, access to health facilities, clean water and sanitation on prevalence of child stunting in Ethiopia. For this purpose, regional state panel data is used to estimate a reduced form of health production using fixed effect model estimation technique. The results show per capita income, per capita public health expenditure, access to clean water and mothers’ education significantly affect prevalence of child stunting. However, mother education becomes insignificant when the impact of access to clean water source, sanitation facilities and healthcare services are controlled. On the other hand, population per physician (proxy for access to health care services) and access to sanitation facilities have insignificant impact. The results suggest important role of income growth policies and promoting mother education to reduces prevalence of child stunting.