Determinants and Trends of Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique, 1996–2011

TY - JOUR

T1 - Determinants and Trends of Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Malnutrition

T2 - The Case of Mozambique, 1996–2011

AU - Salvucci, Vincenzo

PY - 2016/8/1

Y1 - 2016/8/1

N2 - We study the extent of socioeconomic inequality in child malnutrition in Mozambique using data from the Household Budget Survey 1996–1997 and 2008–2009, and from the Development and Health Statistics 2003 and 2011. Pro-rich inequalities in the distribution of malnutrition are found for all years, and further decompositions of the concentration index into its components reveal that most of the inequality in malnutrition is due to inequality in consumption. We claim that while absolute levels of chronic child malnutrition tended to decrease over time, socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition did not decrease meanwhile. It actually seems to have slightly increased.

AB - We study the extent of socioeconomic inequality in child malnutrition in Mozambique using data from the Household Budget Survey 1996–1997 and 2008–2009, and from the Development and Health Statistics 2003 and 2011. Pro-rich inequalities in the distribution of malnutrition are found for all years, and further decompositions of the concentration index into its components reveal that most of the inequality in malnutrition is due to inequality in consumption. We claim that while absolute levels of chronic child malnutrition tended to decrease over time, socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition did not decrease meanwhile. It actually seems to have slightly increased.

KW - child malnutrition

KW - Mozambique

KW - socioeconomic inequality in health

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938703343&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/jid.3135

DO - 10.1002/jid.3135

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:84938703343

SN - 0954-1748

VL - 28

SP - 857

EP - 875

JO - Journal of International Development

JF - Journal of International Development

IS - 6

ER -