Empirical evidence of child poverty and deprivation in Nigeria

Ogwumike, Fidelis O.; Ozughalu, Uche M.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.12.019

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“…26,27 Most of the child growth data in the country are from cross-sectional and household surveys. 22,28 Unfortunately, the lack of resources required for establishing and sustaining longitudinal data collection is the major challenge in resource-constrained settings like Nigeria. 9 The District Health Information System (DHIS), a software system for managing health facility data and monitoring priority health indicators, could not be exploited for follow-up of individual persons for several reasons.…”

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Child Electronic Growth Monitoring System: An innovative and sustainable approach for establishing the Kaduna Infant Development (KID) Study in Nigeria

Kana

Ahmed

Ashiru

et al. 2020

Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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Background Developing countries bear the burden of childhood stunting but lack resources for cohort studies to develop preventive strategies. To enable future prospective studies, we designed and tested the Child Electronic Growth Monitoring System (CEGROMS) using a readily available electronic data capture platform, the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap). Objectives To demonstrate the feasibility of using CEGROMS for data collection for a pilot study for the Kaduna Infant Development (KID) Birth Cohort Study in Nigeria. Methods CEGROMS consists of the data capture form for growth monitoring, a central cloud server, electronic tablets, and desktop computer. We implemented the pilot study in 2017‐2019 at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for completeness of baseline data (relative to individuals with incomplete data) and completion of follow‐up at different time points (relative to individuals with no follow‐up visit) by the participant characteristics. Complete data were defined as date of birth, sex, and birthweight recorded at recruitment. Results Among 3152 infant records in CEGROMS, 2789 (88.5%) had complete data. Of these, 1905 (68.3%) had at least one follow‐up visit. The main determinants of data completeness were health facility delivery (OR 19.17, 95% CI 13.65, 26.92) and tertiary education (OR 3.54, 95% CI 2.69, 4.67). Follow‐up was greater for women with tertiary education (OR 1.33, 95% CI 1.06, 1.51 for at least one visit). Maternal education is associated with completeness and follow‐up (following adjustments for parity and employment). Conclusions The CEGROMS electronic data collection system enables complete and consistent data collection. The data will enable design of strategies to improve follow‐up in the future implementation of the birth cohort study.

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Child Electronic Growth Monitoring System: An innovative and sustainable approach for establishing the Kaduna Infant Development (KID) Study in Nigeria

Kana

Ahmed

Ashiru

et al. 2020

Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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“…For example, Shahpari and Davoudi (2014) investigated the relationship between human capital and income inequality in Iran. Ogwumike and Ozughalu (2018) investigated the relationship between a child's poverty and deprivation in Nigeria, among others. The literature is replete with various analyses of its different components.…”

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Human capital and poverty reduction in OPEC member-countries

Olopade

Okodua

Oladosun

et al. 2019

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A vast study has shown a mixed result on the implications of a natural resource on growth and poverty. Theoretically, the Resource Curse Hypothesis stresses that natural resource serves as an obstacle for growth. However, the connection between human capital and poverty in OPEC member countries remain under-researched. To ensure inclusiveness in growth, it is essential to focus on human capital models that incorporate the components of poverty reduction. As a result, this study investigates the interactive relationship between human capital components and poverty reduction in OPEC member countries. It is a cross-country study of a panel fully modified least-squares of 12 countries within the OPEC region. The interactive effects of the components of human capital development have a long-run impact on poverty reduction in OPEC member countries. Besides, human capital components confirm a positive effect on poverty reduction. Thus, since human capital is a crucial determinant of improving economic growth, OPEC member countries should invest more on the quality of human capital through education and health to improve the living standard of people and societal welfare.

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“…The other important reason is poverty. If we examine the causative factors of early marriages in Pakistan, poverty emerges as another major cause effecting the child/early marriage situation in a number of ways viz-a-viz the mode of marriage particularly (Ogwumike & Ozughalu, 2018). Here are listed some of the major causes below.…”

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Early Marriage in Pakistan: So Little Done, but So Much to Do

Ashiq

Abbas

Asad

2020

JBSEE

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Marriage is a human social institution which lays the foundation of a family as a unit of a society. It has been happening in human societies since the dawn of the creation but with varying degree of celebrations, customs and traditions, modes and manners etc. It is regarded as a moment of celebration and joys not only for the couple who are going to lock in weddings, but in many parts of the world, it is a moment of joy and celebration for the blood relatives as well as the entire community. Unfortunately, it does not happen always especially in the case of early marriage. In such case, it does not give such a cause of celebrations to the wedding couple rather it imposes on them without their consent or informed consent. The practice of early marriages has been in vogue from time immemorial, but all its negative impacts whether social, economic, physical or psychological, are realized since the late 20th century. This literature based article highlights the concept, practice, causes and consequences of the child marriages with special reference to Pakistani society. It was concluded that by increasing literacy rate among the people and through educating them, the issue of early marriages may be minimized/dealt.

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Empirical evidence of child poverty and deprivation in Nigeria

Cited by 29 publications

References 20 publications

Child Electronic Growth Monitoring System: An innovative and sustainable approach for establishing the Kaduna Infant Development (KID) Study in Nigeria

Child Electronic Growth Monitoring System: An innovative and sustainable approach for establishing the Kaduna Infant Development (KID) Study in Nigeria

Human capital and poverty reduction in OPEC member-countries

Early Marriage in Pakistan: So Little Done, but So Much to Do

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