Child Malnutrition and Poverty: The Case of Pakistan

The major objectives of this paper are: first to examine the trends in child malnutrition in Pakistan during the last decade using three-round data of a longitudinal household survey; and second to find its correlates focusing on household poverty. It has used individual (child) household and community level variables to understand variations in child malnutrition. Poverty status of households is the key factor used in this study to understand the malnutrition phenomenon. (excerpt)

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