MaSSP Working Paper 36
Authors: Lemekezani K. Chilora and Jan Duchoslav
June 2020
Malnutrition reduction efforts can be targeted based on the characteristics that affect children’s nutritional status. Using data from a nationally representative survey, the authors model the determinants of young children’s nutritional status in Malawi as measured by height-for-age and weight-for-height z-scores. The authors identify several determinants of children’s nutritional status including their gender (boys are more malnourished than girls), their mother’s education, the food security and location of their household (rural children are more acutely but not chronically malnourished than urban children) and access to clean water.
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https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133799
Recommended citation: Chilora, Lemekezani K.; and Duchoslav, Jan. 2020. Determinants of children’s nutritional status in Malawi. MaSSP Working Paper 36. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
About the Authors
Lemekezani K. Chilora is a MSc student in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR).
Jan Duchoslav is a Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD) of IFPRI and leading IFPRI Malawi’s research theme on “Social Safety Nets and Breaking the Humanitarian Cycle.”
Acknowledgments
This Working Paper is an output of the Bunda Grant Scheme program of IFPRI-Lilongwe. This mentorship scheme provides selected MSc students from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Bunda College) with opportunities to improve, publish, and disseminate the research that they undertake during their MSc training by working with a seasoned researcher from IFPRI. The Bunda Grant Scheme program is made possible by the generous support of the Ameri-can people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The views expressed in this working paper imply no endorsement by IFPRI-Malawi, USAID, or anyone except the authors.
Featured image: CBCC Mchinji, Kamwendo 5 village, Photo Credit: Melissa Cooperman/IFPRI
