Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
This study uses novel household survey data that are representative of Bangladesh's large cities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, to investigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on early child growth in 201...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/337341496935308035/Cities-slums-and-early-child-growth-empirical-evidence-from-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27294 |
| Summary: | This study uses novel household survey
data that are representative of Bangladesh's large
cities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, to
investigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomic
factors on early child growth in 2013. The study also
decomposes the difference in mean child growth between slum
and nonslum areas in 2013, and the increase in mean child
growth in slum and nonslum areas from 2006 to 2013.
Mother's education attainment and household wealth
largely explain the cross-sectional difference and
intertemporal change in child growth. Although positive in
some cases, the effects of maternal and child health
services, and potential health-protective household
amenities, differ by the type of health facility, household
amenity, and urban area. The results suggest that a focus on
nutrition-sensitive programs for slum residents and the
urban poor is appropriate. |
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