Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics

Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Publications

• Research Article   
  Prevalence and Determinants of Malnutrition among Under Five Years Children in Bangladesh
  Author(s): Fazley Amin* and Taj Uddin
  
  Background: Malnutrition is a major health issue in underdeveloped nations like Bangladesh. This research aims to find out the prevalence of nutrition status and determine the associated factors influencing the nutrition status of children under the age of five (0-59 months) in Bangladesh using multiple indicator cluster survey data, 2019. To obtain the most recent prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors we apply MICS-2019 data since this is the latest version of the available secondary data. Methods: Body Mass Index (BMI) is used to measure the nutrition status of children. Descriptive statistical tools along with multiple linear regression model are used for data analysis in this study. We also performed an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and t-test to test the significance of different factors on under five children's nutri.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2155-6180.2025.16.251

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