Socioeconomic factors that determine chronic child malnutrition in children under five years of age in Peru - 2014

Abstract

Currently, one of the public health problems facing Peru is the high prevalence of chronic child malnutrition; Which affects the psychomotor and emotional development of the child, limiting access to opportunities, equity and socioeconomic development; the national average rate of chronic malnutrition to 2014 reached 14.6%. The study aims to "Determine the factors that influence chronic malnutrition in Peruvian Children. The study is non-experimental and cross-sectional; for which the ordered probit methodology is applied. The results of the correlational analysis, estimation of the econometric model and the obtaining of marginal effects, conclude that the variables that determine the most important chronic child malnutrition are: housing material type in -7.68%, access to drainage network inside the dwelling in -5.35%, the mother's educational level at -8.33% and the type of residence located in the rural sector at +5.97%, results that are supported by results found by other authors. Therefore, the model shows that children from households with access to health services, better health conditions and higher level of education of the mother are less likely to be malnourished.