The determinants of sex differences in child stunting in Sub-Sahara Africa: a multilevel logistic regression analysis
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2018-08-27
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About 40 percent of children in Sub Saharan Africa is stunted and a large number of studies has found that boys are more likely to be stunted than girls. This study aims to investigate the determinants of this sex difference in stunting. A multilevel logistic regression model with interaction analysis is used on data for 344,748 children living in 31 Sub Saharan countries. A combined dataset compiled from multiple Demographic Health Surveys (DHS; www.dhsprogram.com) was used. This dataset was derived from the Global data lab (www.globaldatalab.org), following the work of Schrijner & Smits (2018). It is hypothesized that the sex differences are the result of biological, socio-economic and cultural determinants. The results imply a relation between sex differences in stunting and the duration of breastfeeding, maternal education, diarrhoea prevalence, child age and living in a polygamous household.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen