Effect of differences in month and location of measurement in estimating prevalence and trend of wasting and stunting in India in 2005-2006 and 2015-2016

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierPurnima Menon: 0000-0001-5988-2894
cg.creator.identifierPhuong H Nguyen: 0000-0003-3418-1674
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa092en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN)
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.issn2475-2991en
cg.issue6en
cg.journalCurrent Developments in Nutritionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume4en
dc.contributor.authorMadan, Emily M.en
dc.contributor.authorFrongillo, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.authorUnisa, Sayeeden
dc.contributor.authorDwivedi, Laxmikanten
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Purnimaen
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Phuong Hongen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:10:30Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:10:30Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142436
dc.titleEffect of differences in month and location of measurement in estimating prevalence and trend of wasting and stunting in India in 2005-2006 and 2015-2016en
dcterms.abstractChild undernutrition in India remains widespread. Data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3 and NFHS-4) suggest that wasting prevalence has increased while stunting prevalence has declined. The objectives of this study were to 1) describe wasting and stunting by month of measurement in India in children < 5 years of age in NFHS-3 and NFHS-4 surveys, and 2) test whether differences in the timing of anthropometric data collection and in states between survey years introduced bias in the comparison of estimates of wasting and stunting between NFHS-3 and NFHS-4. Data on wasting and stunting for 42,608 and 232,744 children under five years in the NFHS-3 and NFHS-4 survey rounds were analysed. Differences in the prevalence of wasting and stunting by month of year and by state were examined descriptively. Regression analyses were conducted to test the sensitivity of the estimate of differences in wasting and stunting prevalence across survey years to both state differences and seasonality. Examination of the patterns of wasting and stunting by month of measurement and by state across survey years reveal marked variability. When both state and month were adjusted, regardless of the method used to account for sample size, there was a small negative difference from 2005–06 to 2015–16 in the prevalence of wasting (-0.8 ± 0.6 percentage points; p = 0.2) and a negative difference in stunting prevalence (-8.3 ± 0.7 percentage points; p < 0.001), indicating a small bias for wasting but not for stunting in unadjusted analyses. State and seasonal differences may have introduced bias to the estimated difference in prevalence of wasting between the survey years but did not do so for stunting. Future data collection should be designed to maximize consistency in coverage of both time and place.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMadan, Emily M.; Frongillo, Edward A.; Unisa, Sayeed; Dwivedi, Laxmikant; Johnston, Robert; Menon, Purnima; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; et al. 2020. Effect of differences in month and location of measurement in estimating prevalence and trend of wasting and stunting in India in 2005-2006 and 2015-2016. Current Developments in Nutrition 4(6): nzaa092. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa092en
dcterms.issued2020-06-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherAmerican Society for Nutritionen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7242en
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectstuntingen
dcterms.subjectmalnutritionen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectwasting disease (nutritional disorder)en
dcterms.subjectseasonalityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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