Interpregnancy Interval and Child Health Outcomes in India: Evidence from Three Recent Rounds of National Family Health Survey.
Ajit Kumar KannaujiyaKaushalendra KumarLotus McDougalAshish Kumar UpadhyayAnita RajK S JamesAbhishek SinghPublished in: Maternal and child health journal (2022)
Our findings indicate that IPIs shorter than 12 months are a risk factor for diarrhea and/or ARI, and IPIs shorter than 12 months and 12-17 months are risk factors for stunting and underweight among children under 5 in India. Mother fixed-effects models allowed us to adjust our estimates for unobserved heterogeneity; this has rarely been done before. Increases in birth spacing may improve child health outcomes in India.