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dc.contributor.advisorPfingu, Clement B.eng
dc.contributor.authorPfingu, Clement B.eng
dc.date.issued2011eng
dc.date.submitted2011 Falleng
dc.description.abstract[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis is an empirical study which aims to find the socio-economic factors that impact on nutritional status of Congolese children under five and propose suitable policies. The econometric model used is based on the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) conceptual framework of immediate, underlying and basic determinants; and the data are from the 2007 DRC Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Using Ordinary Least Square method we find that poverty is a major cause of child malnutrition. Household wealth and mother related variable like education, occupation and marital status are very important explaining child malnutrition in the DRC. We also find that location variables are very significant. Children in rural areas are more likely to be malnourished than those in urban areas because of inadequate health environment. We then propose that policy should include reforms in women empowerment and a particular attention to rural areas.--From public.pdfeng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/46226
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsAccess to files is limited to the University of Missouri--Columbia.eng
dc.titleDeterminants of child malnutrtrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congoeng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural economics (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.A.eng


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