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The Catch-Up Growth in Stunted Children: Analysis of First and Second India Human Development Survey Data
Rajeev Jayalakshmi1,2, Srinivasan Kannan1
1Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Context:
Change in stunting as the children grow older is rarely found in published literature.
Aims:
The present paper compares the change in the prevalence of stunting among children as they grow from 0-4 years to 7-11 years.
Settings And Design:
The present paper is a secondary analysis of India Human Development Survey-I (IHDS-I) (2005) and IHDS-II (2012) data for Kerala.
Methods And Materials:
In total, 411 children of age 0-4 years and 390 children of age 7-11 years with anthropometric measurements were included in the present study, respectively, from IHDS-I and IHDS-II.
Statistical Analysis Used:
The statistical analyses were done using SPSS 21.0. The prevalence of stunting was estimated. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed using the Pearson Chi-square test.
Results:
The prevalence of stunting among children has been drastically reduced (50.4% to 20.3%) while growing older from 0-4 years to 7-11 years.
Conclusions:
More than half of the stunted children below 5 years regained normal growth, as they grow older.
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