The Effect of Socio-Economic & Demographic Determinants on Children’s
Solid Food-Intake in India: A Study Based on NFHS-4
Abstract
As nutrition is very critical and its access helps in the improvement of
health and creates overall development, it is very vital for the
children at their initial stages. In these period of rapid growth, India
is still witnessing a huge discrimination regarding the children's solid
food intake.
This paper seeks to find out the extent of these supplemental food
inequality among children aged 6 to 59 months of age using the National
Family Health Survey, round 4 data.
The results are very much evident to show the inequality among female
children, along with discontinued breastfeeding.