The journal Interdisciplinary Social Research is an academic journals online that aims to provide dissemination of original research papers and reviews of related existing literature that emphasizes the complex interactions between different branches of social sciences. In this regard, the journal aims to enhance unique perspectives from professionals of various disciplines to address emerging multifaceted issues that affect global societies.
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This study examines chronic child malnutrition as an empirical measure of deficiency in human capital accumulation during early-ages. Using anthropometric data for 300 children under five years of age from rural Ethiopia, the study estimates the prevalence of malnutrition and identifies its socioeconomic determinants using Binary Logistic Regression within a Human Capital Production Function framework. Chronic malnutrition affected 23.7% of children and was significantly associated with household income, landholding, livestock ownership, parental education, and child age. The findings demonstrate that child malnutrition captures multidimensional deficits in early human capital accumulation, supporting its use as a robust indicator for human capital measurement.
Human capital; child malnutrition; stunting; human capital measurement; Human Capital Production Function; Ethiopia.