Socio-economic inequalities and their impact on children's health and nutrition in Tunisia using generalized entropy measures

IF 1.7 Q2 GEOGRAPHY Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100034
Anis Ochi , Yosra Saidi
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This paper aims to investigate the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years of age, using the Tunisian 2018 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. This study adopts the general entropy measures to examine the pattern of child health inequality. The results of the anthropometric measures show that 1.5% of children in Tunisia are underweight, 8.3% are stunting and 2.1% are wasting. The results of generalized entropy measures indicate that the general disparity in child health is low across demographic characteristics. Inequality of opportunity in Tunisia is particularly high in access to health services between regions. The results also show that geographical location, parental education and wealth are the main factors contributing to inequality of opportunity in child health outcome. On the basis of the results, this research suggests several policy recommendations.

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利用广义熵值衡量突尼斯社会经济不平等及其对儿童健康和营养的影响
本文旨在利用突尼斯 2018 年多指标类集调查,研究 5 岁以下儿童健康结果机会不平等的驱动因素。本研究采用一般熵计量法来考察儿童健康不平等的模式。人体测量结果显示,突尼斯有 1.5% 的儿童体重不足,8.3% 的儿童发育迟缓,2.1% 的儿童消瘦。广义熵测量结果表明,不同人口特征的儿童健康总体差距较小。突尼斯各地区在获得医疗服务方面的机会不平等尤为严重。结果还显示,地理位置、父母教育程度和财富是造成儿童健康结果机会不平等的主要因素。根据研究结果,本研究提出了若干政策建议。
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期刊介绍: Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) is the official policy and practitioner orientated journal of the Regional Science Association International. It is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science that explore policy and practice issues in regional and local development. It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines and practitioners including planning, public policy, geography, economics and environmental science and related fields. Papers should address the interface between academic debates and policy development and application. RSPP provides an opportunity for academics and policy makers to develop a dialogue to identify and explore many of the challenges facing local and regional economies.
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