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Determinants and Trends of Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique, 1996–2011

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  • Vincenzo Salvucci

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We study the extent of socioeconomic inequality in child malnutrition in Mozambique using data from the Household Budget Survey 1996–1997 and 2008–2009, and from the Development and Health Statistics 2003 and 2011. Pro‐rich inequalities in the distribution of malnutrition are found for all years, and further decompositions of the concentration index into its components reveal that most of the inequality in malnutrition is due to inequality in consumption. We claim that while absolute levels of chronic child malnutrition tended to decrease over time, socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition did not decrease meanwhile. It actually seems to have slightly increased. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Vincenzo Salvucci, 2016. "Determinants and Trends of Socioeconomic Inequality in Child Malnutrition: The Case of Mozambique, 1996–2011," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(6), pages 857-875, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:28:y:2016:i:6:p:857-875
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    1. Kristi Mahrt & Andrea Rossi & Vincenzo Salvucci & Finn Tarp, 2020. "Multidimensional Poverty of Children in Mozambique," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 13(5), pages 1675-1700, October.

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