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- Title
Comparison of a possession score and a poverty index in predicting anaemia and undernutrition in pre-school children and women of reproductive age in rural and urban Côte d'Ivoire.
- Authors
Rohner F; Tschannen AB; Northrop-Clewes C; Kouassi-Gohou V; Bosso PE; Nicholas Mascie-Taylor CG; Rohner, Fabian; Tschannen, Andres B; Northrop-Clewes, Christine; Kouassi-Gohou, Valérie; Bosso, Patrice E; Mascie-Taylor, C G Nicholas
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To determine whether a possession score or a poverty index best predicts undernutrition and anaemia in women of reproductive age (15-49 years; WRA) and children aged 6-59 months living in Côte d'Ivoire.<bold>Design: </bold>Anthropometric measurements were converted to Z-scores to assess stunting, wasting and underweight in children, and converted to BMI in WRA. A venous blood sample was drawn, and Hb concentration and Plasmodium spp. infection were determined. A possession score was generated with categories of zero to four possessions. A five-point (quintile) poverty index using household assets was created using principal component analysis. These socio-economic measures were compared for their ability to predict anaemia and malnutrition.<bold>Setting: </bold>Data were from a nationally representative survey conducted in Côte d'Ivoire in 2007.<bold>Subjects: </bold>A sample of 768 WRA and 717 children aged 6-59 months was analysed.<bold>Results: </bold>Overall, 74·9 % of children and 50·2 % of WRA were anaemic; 39·5 % of the children were stunted, 28·1 % underweight and 12·8 % wasted, while 7·4 % of WRA had BMI < 18·5 kg/m2. In general, there were more stunted and underweight children and thin WRA in rural areas. The poverty index showed a stronger relationship with nutritional status than the possession score; mean Hb difference between the poorest and wealthiest quintiles in children and WRA was 8·2 g/l and 6·5 g/l, respectively (13·9 % and 19·8 % difference in anaemia, respectively; P < 0·001), and Z-scores and BMI were significantly better in the wealthiest quintile (P < 0·001).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The poverty index was generally a better predictor of undernutrition in WRA and pre-school children than the possession score.
- Publication
Public Health Nutrition, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 9, p1620
- ISSN
1368-9800
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S1368980012002819