Measuring socioeconomic gaps in nutrition and early child development in Bolivia

International Journal for Equity in Health
Pablo CelhayCecilia Vidal

Abstract

A large body of evidence shows that socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated to children's early development, health and nutrition. Few studies have looked at within sample differences across multiple measures of child nutrition and development. This paper examines SES gaps in child nutritional status and development in Bolivia using a representative sample of children 0-59 months old and a rich set of outcomes, including micronutrient deficiencies, anthropometic measures, and gross motor and communicative development. We construct direct and proxy measures of living standards based on household expenditures and on ownership of assets combined with access to services and dwelling characteristics. The data for this study come from a nationally representative household survey in Bolivia that contains information on health, nutrition, and child development tests. We used a regression framework to assess the adjusted associations between child development outcomes and socioeconomic status, after controlling for other demographic factors that might affect child's development. The SES gap in child development was estimated by OLS. To explore when the development gaps between children in different socioeconomic groups start a...Continue Reading

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