Abstract
The objective of the research was to show the effects generated by socioeconomic and environmental factors at the household level on chronic child malnutrition in Peru, for this purpose, the Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) corresponding to the year 2018, and a model of logit regression to find the results. The main research findings suggest the following. Regarding socioeconomic factors, the mother's education and the household wealth index are important predictors for the reduction of chronic child malnutrition, on the side of household environmental factors, chronic child malnutrition is directly related to type of sanitary facilities, the source of drinking water, the floor and wall of the dwelling, type of fuel for cooking, the type of fuel for cooking, sanitary facilities, and the ways of elimination of feces from young children. The more inadequate the environmental conditions of the home, the greater the probability that the child will be chronically malnourished and viceversa.
Highlights
La desnutrición crónica infantil es un serio problema de salud pública en países desarrollo con ingresos bajos y medios, incluyendo Perú (Alom, Quddus, & Islam, 2012; Hasan, Soares Magalhaes, Williams, & Mamun, 2016; Rahman, Rahman, Maniruzzaman, & Howlader, 2019)
chronic child malnutrition is directly related to type of sanitary facilities
Referente a los factores ambientales, se encontró que las instalaciones sanitarias, la fuente de agua potable, el tipo de combustible para cocinar, el piso de la vivienda, la pared de la vivienda, las formas de eliminación de heces del niño, inciden significativamente sobre la probabilidad de que los niños sean desnutridos crónicos o no
Summary
La desnutrición crónica infantil es un serio problema de salud pública en países desarrollo con ingresos bajos y medios, incluyendo Perú (Alom, Quddus, & Islam, 2012; Hasan, Soares Magalhaes, Williams, & Mamun, 2016; Rahman, Rahman, Maniruzzaman, & Howlader, 2019). En lo referente a las características socioeconómicas del hogar, los resultados, muestran que los años de educación de la madre y el índice de riqueza del hogar influyen significativamente sobre la reducción de la desnutrición infantil.
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