Dynamics of Multi-Dimensional Poverty Among Children in Ethiopia: Evidence Using Longitudinal Data of Children from the Young Lives Study

The authors analyse measures of children’s linear growth (height) at ages 1, 5, 8 and 12 and receptive language

Abstract

Children from low socio-economic status (SES) households often demonstrate worse growth and developmental outcomes than wealthier children, in part because poor children face a broader range of risk factors. It is difficult to characterise the trajectories of SES disparities in low- and middle-income countries because longitudinal data are infrequently available.

The authors analyse measures of children’s linear growth (height) at ages 1, 5, 8 and 12 and receptive language (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) at ages 5, 8 and 12 in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam in relation to household SES, measured by parental schooling or household assets. They calculate children’s percentile ranks within the distributions of height-for-age z-scores and of age- and language-standardized receptive vocabulary scores.

Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) over 15 years. Young Lives is funded by the UK Department for International Development

Citation

Woldehanna, T, Adiam Hagos and Yisak Tafere (2017) Dynamics of Multi-Dimensional Poverty Among Children in Ethiopia: Evidence Using Longitudinal Data of Children from the Young Lives Study. Research Report, Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), April 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Dynamics of Multi-Dimensional Poverty Among Children in Ethiopia: Evidence Using Longitudinal Data of Children from the Young Lives Study.

Published 1 January 2018