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Using the Mean of Squared Deprivation Gaps to Measure Undernutrition and Related Socioeconomic Inequalities

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  • Simantini Mukhopadhyay

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Drawing on the literature on poverty measurement, we suggest the application of the mean of squared deprivation gaps (MSDG), which captures the dimensions of level, depth and severity, as an alternative index of undernutrition. The application of this index can be intuitively justified by the biomedical finding that as nutritional shortfall increases, the physiological risks increase at an increasing rate. We have shown how we can analyze group inequality in nutritional deprivation among children using the subgroup consistency feature of the MSDG. Computing the MSDG (alternatively the share in total MSDG) for each wealth quintile, we have obtained CIMSDG, the concentration index based on MSDG among children in each of the major states of India. It may so happen that socioeconomic inequality in the level of undernutrition is abated but that in undernutrition, defined as a composite notion increases. The scenario of child underweight across wealth quintiles in some states depicts such a situation.

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  • Simantini Mukhopadhyay, 2011. "Using the Mean of Squared Deprivation Gaps to Measure Undernutrition and Related Socioeconomic Inequalities," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(4), pages 535-556, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jhudca:v:12:y:2011:i:4:p:535-556
    DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2011.610782
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    1. Achin Chakraborty & Simantini Mukhopadhyay, 2017. "Decomposing Nutritional Inequality by Caste and Class: A Quantitative Approach to Reckon Intersectionality," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 37(2), pages 1339-1350.
    2. Simantini Mukhopadhyay, 2016. "Dynamics of Child Undernutrition in India: An Analysis beyond the Headcount Rati," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 36(1), pages 155-164.
    3. Rajesh K. Chauhan & Sanjay K. Mohanty & S V Subramanian & Jajati K Parida & Balakrushna Padhi, 2016. "Regional Estimates of Poverty and Inequality in India, 1993–2012," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 127(3), pages 1249-1296, July.

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