Ownership of small livestock species, but not aggregate livestock, is associated with an increased risk of anemia among children in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysis

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWollo Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivity
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierTaddese Zerfu: 0000-0001-5190-9845
cg.creator.identifierIsabelle Baltenweck: 0000-0002-4147-5921
cg.creator.identifierAlan Duncan: 0000-0002-3954-3067
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.3474en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategies
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2048-7177en
cg.issue9en
cg.journalFood Science & Nutritionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.volume11en
dc.contributor.authorZerfu, Taddese Alemuen
dc.contributor.authorAbera, A.en
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alan J.en
dc.contributor.authorBaltenweck, Isabelleen
dc.contributor.authorMcNeill, Geraldineen
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T18:56:26Zen
dc.date.available2023-06-08T18:56:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130689
dc.titleOwnership of small livestock species, but not aggregate livestock, is associated with an increased risk of anemia among children in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysisen
dcterms.abstractConsumption of animal source foods, through livestock production, improves children's growth and micronutrient status. However, research on the relationship between livestock ownership and childhood anemia has produced conflicting results. The current study used robust analytical approaches to examine the effect of household livestock ownership on children's anemia using the most recent secondary data from the national demographic and health survey. We followed a 1:1 closest neighborhood propensity score matching analysis. A propensity score was generated using the binary logistic regression model to compute the probability of owning livestock. From a total of 18,008 households enrolled in the latest Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS 2016), data of 721 index children aged 6–59 months from households owning livestock were matched with a comparable number (721) of children from households without livestock. The paired and independent t-test, matched relative risk (RR), and standardized mean differences were used to compare the distributions of hemoglobin concentration and anemia risks between treatment and control groups. Anemia was found in more than half (54.1% and 58.8%) of children aged 6–59 months from livestock-owning and nonowning families, respectively (p > .05). Aggregate ownership of livestock was not associated with hemoglobin concentration or anemia status (RR = 0.95, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] [0.87–1.04]). Species-wise, poultry was associated with a lower (RR = 0.88, 95% CI [0.84–0.95]) anemia risk, while ownership of goat/sheep was associated with higher (RR = 1.10, 95% CI [1.03–1.17]) risk. In conclusion, ownership of small livestock species (sheep/goats and poultry), but not aggregate livestock ownership, was associated with the risk of anemia among children in Ethiopia. Therefore, agriculture-sensitive nutrition, with a One Health lens approach, is recommended to mitigate the high burden of anemia among children in Ethiopia. In the future, a well-controlled interventional study with more extended periods may be required to fully understand the effects of livestock production and highlight the differences seen across livestock species.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.available2023-06-07
dcterms.bibliographicCitationZerfu, T.A., Abera, A., Duncan, A., Baltenweck, I. and McNeill, G. 2023. Ownership of small livestock species, but not aggregate livestock, is associated with an increased risk of anemia among children in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysis. Food Science and Nutrition 11(9): 5157-5165.en
dcterms.extentpp. 5157-5165en
dcterms.isPartOfFood Science and Nutritionen
dcterms.issued2023-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8726en
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectanaemiaen
dcterms.subjectanimal source foodsen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectgrowthen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectmicronutrient deficienciesen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectresearch methodsen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectfood scienceen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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