Weight-for-age malnutrition in Indonesian children, 1992-1999

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Background This article measures changes over time in Indonesia in the prevalence of moderate and severe child malnutrition, and examines the factors associated with these changes. A child with a weight-for-age Z-score below −2.0 is classified as underweight and either moderately or severely malnourished. Methods A pooled cross-sectional dataset of 163 986 children Results The overall percentage of children Conclusions Disparities among social and economic groups have narrowed over time in Indonesia; the relatively high risk of male children compared with females has also decreased. Maternal education and economic status—as measured by quintile of adjusted per-capita household expenditures—have continued to be very strong predictors of children's nutritional outcomes.

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