background variables for nutritional status in early childhood. We applied the proposed methodology to 166 Demographic and Health … more important for children’s nutritional status in this region than in the rest of the world. In contrast, the countries …

malnutrition using information from 4,976 children aged 0 to 59 months of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2014 data. A … estimate the household's economic effect on the rate of adverse growth-stunting of children. The estimation results show that … significant association between the household economic inequality and the growth rate stunting of children. Reduction of poverty …

to control higher population growth become useless when the household desire larger number of children. In the study the … and good health of the woman proxied by BMI positively impact the ideal number of children. From the policy perspective …Most of the developing economies including Pakistan are facing the problem of rapid population growth. All the efforts …

into individual characteristics of the woman, household characteristics, health-related characteristics, community … husband collectively and even husband alone as compared to someone else) and household covered by the health insurance. The … prenatal visit, final say on woman's health-care (husband alone) and household wealth. The birth-order of the child and small …