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Desnutrición infantil en Colombia: inequidades y determinantes

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Con datos de la encuesta DHS de 1995 y del censo nacional de Población de 1993, en este documento se profundiza en el conocimiento sobre las magnitudes de las inequidades en desnutrición crónica haciendo uso de curvas e índices de concentración y, en las relaciones entre condiciones socioeconómicas y desigualdades e inequidades en dicho indicador usando modelos econométricos multinivel. Del análisis de inequidades se encontró que la desnutrición crónica muestra una relación positiva, bastante marcada, con el nivel socioeconómico, especialmente en las zonas urbanas. Como determinantes del estado nutricional de los ninos y su relación con las inequidades observadas se encontró que, las inequidades en la condición económica del hogar, el nivel educativo de la madre, las condiciones de salud de la madre, el uso de los servicios de salud en la gestación y el parto, el nivel de paridad, y la frecuencia de alimentación complementaria contribuyen a explicar las inequidades observadas. De otro lado, contextos con mayores niveles de pobreza en el nivel departamental, mayores tasas de ocupación de las mujeres en el nivel municipal y con mayores inequidades regionales en educación, tienen un menor estado nutricional mientras que contextos con mayor participación de la mujer como jefe de hogar a nivel municipal, tienen mejores condiciones nutricionales de los ninos. Adicionalmente, se encontró que las desigualdades en la distribución del ingreso poseen efectos contextuales a través de variables individuales, especialmente del estatus socioeconómico.

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  • infocede, 2001. "Desnutrición infantil en Colombia: inequidades y determinantes," Documentos CEDE 20100, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
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