Child growth in urban deprived settings

Does household poverty status matter? At which stage of child development

Bibliographic Data

ID12543786
AuthorsJean-Christophe Fotso (0000-0001-7875-7001, African Population and Health Research Center, corresponding author), Nyovani Madise (0000-0002-2813-5295, University of Southampton), Angela Baschieri (0000-0002-4763-441X, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), John G F Cleland (0000-0002-1471-7016, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), John Cleland, Eliya M Zulu (0000-0002-8680-4311, African Institute for Development Policy), Eliya Zulu, Martin Kavao Mutua (0000-0003-1643-9934, African Population and Health Research Center), Hildah Essendi (University of Southampton)
Year2011
Volume18
Issue2
Pages375-384
Publication date2011-12-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth & Place (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1353-8292 • E-ISSN: 1873-2054
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.003
PMID22221652
PMCIDPMC3701841
OpenAlexW2160565935
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited46

This paper uses longitudinal data from two informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya to examine patterns of child growth and how these are affected by four different dimensions of poverty at the household level namely, expenditures poverty, assets poverty, food poverty, and subjective poverty. The descriptive results show a grim picture, with the prevalence of overall stunting reaching nearly 60% in the age group 15-17 months and remaining almost constant thereafter. There is a strong association between food poverty and stunting among children aged 6-11 months (p<0.01), while assets poverty and subjective poverty have stronger relationships (p<0.01) with undernutrition at older age (24 months or older for assets poverty, and 12 months or older for subjective poverty). The effect of expenditures poverty does not reach statistical significant in any age group. These findings shed light on the degree of vulnerability of urban poor infants and children and on the influences of various aspects of poverty measures

Basic needs · Child poverty · Economic growth · Economics · Extreme poverty · Geography · Human settlement · Informal settlements · Malnutrition · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Vulnerability (computing · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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