Death of infants during the first 28 days of life (0-27 days).
Published in Chapter:
Maternal Determinants of Childhood Stunting: The Case of Pakistan
Sarin Ishaque (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan), Junaid Ul Mulk (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan), Muhammad Ali (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan), and Ashfaq Ahmad Shah (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2197-7.ch002
Abstract
The progress on reducing stunting is rather slow in Pakistan despite significant reductions in poverty which begs a question why Pakistan has been unable to make significant strides in improving nutrition indicators for children over the past few decades. Despite the recognized importance of the problem in national and international forums, research on determinants of child stunting in Pakistan is scarce, especially in the context of the role of mother's health, education, and empowerment in determining a child's nutrition status. Therefore, this chapter incorporates the mother's health, education, and empowerment-related factors in determining the factors that affect child stunting in Pakistan. Using simple OLS methodology on DHS (2012-13) dataset for Pakistan, the authors' results show that improvement in mother's health, women empowerment, and women's education are likely to reduce stunting. Moreover, better hygiene and better food intake also reduce stunting among children in Pakistan.