Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe|Ngianga?Bakwin Kandala|Olalekan A. Uthman
Decomposing the educational inequalities in the factors associated with severe acute malnutrition among under-five children in low- and middle-income countries
University of Ibadan|Northumbria University|University of Warwick
low middleincome countries lmic remained plagued burden severe acute malnutrition sam decomposition educational inequalities sam across individual household neighbourhood characteristics lmic explored study aims decompose educationalrelated inequalities development sam among underfive children lmic identify risk factors contribute inequalitieswe pooled successive secondary data demographic health survey conducted 2010 2018 51 lmic analysed data 532680 underfive children nested within 55823 neighbourhoods severe acute malnutrition outcome variable literacy status mothers main exposure variable explanatory variables cut across individual household neighbourhoodlevel factors motherchild pair oaxacablinder decomposition method used p 005the proportion children whose mothers educated ranged 01 armenia kyrgyz republic much 861 niger overall prevalence sam group children whose mothers education 58 compared 42 among whose mothers educated varied within country fourteen countries cameroonp 0001 chadp 0001 comorop 0047 burkina fasop 0001 ethiopiap 0001 indiap 0001 kenyap 0001 mozambiquep 0012 namibiap 0001 nigeriap 0001 pakistanp 0001 senegalp 0003 togop 0013 timor lestep 0001 statistically significant proilliterate inequality country showed statistically significant proliterate inequality found significant differences sam prevalence across childs age p 0001 childs sexp 0001 maternal agep 0001 household wealth quintilep 0001 mothers access mediap 0001 birth weightp 0001 neighbourhood socioeconomic status disadvantagep 0001 average neighbourhood socioeconomic status disadvantage location residence important factors countries contributors explanation educational inequalities birth weight maternal age toilet typesam prevalent lmic wide educational inequalities explained individual household communitylevel factors promotion women education strengthened better education among women close gaps reduce burden sam generally recommend studies determinate causes inequalities severe acute malnutrition lmic