Risk Factors of Malnutrition Among Children in Southern Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Teller, Charles (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yimer, Gugsa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-22T07:53:47Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:24:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-22T07:53:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:24:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Using data collected in the Community and Family Survey of the Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region, this study estimates the level of child malnutrition and identifies the factors associated with chronic malnutrition among children in the five densely populated zones of the Region. A total of 850 children aged 3 to 36 months were included in the present study. Both bivariate and multivariate techniques were employed in order to identify risk factors of child malnutrition. The results indicate that child malnutrition is among the most serious problems of the study area where about 45% of the children stunted, 42% underweight and 12% wasted. The search for the factors affecting long term nutritional status point to both socio-economic and demographic factors. The study also identified some child care related variables to be associated with chronic malnutrition. Among the socio-economic factors; household economic status, and women's education were important in explaining the variation in long-term nutritional status of children. From the demographic variables included in the analysis; age and sex of the child; and maternal age at delivery were associated with stunting. Moreover, number of antenatal care visits the mother had during pregnancy of the child and age at weaning are linked to chronic malnutrition. Finally, the study recommended, among other things, the need for programs related to income generating activities for poor households and family life education including appropriate child care for women in reproductive age group. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12120 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Children in Southern Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | Risk Factors of Malnutrition Among Children in Southern Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |