Orphans and vulnerable children’s nutrition in Nigeria with overlap with biological relations with the household head

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ID11423002
AuthorsAramide Kazeem (0000-0002-7263-8973, University of West Georgia, corresponding author), J Musalia (0000-0002-4347-7533, Western Kentucky University)
Year2024
Volume42
Issue4
Pages544-563
Publication date2024-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0258-9001 • E-ISSN: 1469-9397
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02589001.2024.2367096
OpenAlexW4401000767
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

This research analyses the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey Data. The multilevel logistic regression is used as the model estimation technique. The study investigates how the intersection of being a paternal orphan or vulnerable child and having close versus distant biological relations with the household head impacts wasting. Findings indicate that paternal orphans or vulnerable children who are grandchildren face the greatest significant probability of wasting compared to paternal orphans or vulnerable children who are biological children and non-orphans/non-vulnerable children who are grandchildren. Grandparent-headed households are not meeting the nutritional needs of paternal orphans and vulnerable children who are grandchildren. Policy needs to focus on directing monetary, food, and health resources to grandmothers caring for orphaned and vulnerable grandchildren

Biology · Development economics · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Head (geology · Head start · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Homelessness and Social Issues · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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