Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives

Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives

Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, ass...

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Main Authors: Jones, Sam, Behrman, Jere R., Dang, Hai-Anh H., Anand, Paul
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
DEMOGRAPHICS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/651561519323236232/Identifying-catch-up-trajectories-in-child-growth-new-methods-with-evidence-from-young-lives
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spelling okr-10986-294132021-06-08T14:42:48Z Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives Jones, Sam Behrman, Jere R. Dang, Hai-Anh H. Anand, Paul CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT DEMOGRAPHICS Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome distribution. In contrast to conventional empirical approaches based on dynamic panel models, the paper shows how catch-up can be tested via a latent growth framework. Combined with a flexible estimator incorporating individual-specific intercepts and slopes, this enables between- and within-group forms of catch-up to be tested in a unified setting. The application of the proposed approach reveals significant differences in the nature, extent, and drivers of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper shows how conclusions about catch-up are sensitive to the way in which anthropometric outcomes are expressed. 2018-02-28T23:15:04Z 2018-02-28T23:15:04Z 2018-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/651561519323236232/Identifying-catch-up-trajectories-in-child-growth-new-methods-with-evidence-from-young-lives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29413 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8353 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa East Asia and Pacific Latin America & Caribbean South Asia
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topic CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
DEMOGRAPHICS
spellingShingle CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
DEMOGRAPHICS
Jones, Sam
Behrman, Jere R.
Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Anand, Paul
Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
geographic_facet Africa
East Asia and Pacific
Latin America & Caribbean
South Asia
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8353
description Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome distribution. In contrast to conventional empirical approaches based on dynamic panel models, the paper shows how catch-up can be tested via a latent growth framework. Combined with a flexible estimator incorporating individual-specific intercepts and slopes, this enables between- and within-group forms of catch-up to be tested in a unified setting. The application of the proposed approach reveals significant differences in the nature, extent, and drivers of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper shows how conclusions about catch-up are sensitive to the way in which anthropometric outcomes are expressed.
format Working Paper
author Jones, Sam
Behrman, Jere R.
Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Anand, Paul
author_facet Jones, Sam
Behrman, Jere R.
Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Anand, Paul
author_sort Jones, Sam
title Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
title_short Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
title_full Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
title_fullStr Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
title_full_unstemmed Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
title_sort identifying catch-up trajectories in child growth : new methods with evidence from young lives
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/651561519323236232/Identifying-catch-up-trajectories-in-child-growth-new-methods-with-evidence-from-young-lives
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