The Role of Human Development Index for Women and Wages in Children’s Malnutrition

The issues regarding malnutrition in children, including wasting, stunting, and underweight, have raised serious concerns in global public health and economics, particularly in developing countries. This study examined the relationship between women’s human development index and regional minimum wag...

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Main Authors: Areta Nur Fatimah Azalia, Arivia Fikratuz Zakia
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Published: Universitas Airlangga, Departemen Ilmu Ekonomi Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis 2025-06-01
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description The issues regarding malnutrition in children, including wasting, stunting, and underweight, have raised serious concerns in global public health and economics, particularly in developing countries. This study examined the relationship between women’s human development index and regional minimum wage concerning wasting, stunting, and underweight. It utilized secondary data obtained from BPS (Central Statistics Agency) and used thirty-three provinces in Indonesia from 2018 to 2022, employing panel data regression. The results indicate that the women’s human development index significantly negatively affects stunting and underweight. Additionally, regional minimum wage significantly negatively impacts wasting, stunting, and underweight. These findings underscore the importance of policies supporting improving the Human Development Index for women and establishing a fair regional minimum wage to combat malnutrition issues. Interventions could include preventing anemia in adolescent girls by providing iron supplements, facilitating pregnancy check-ups, providing supplementary food for pregnant women, and offering social assistance for constructing latrines and meeting the nutritional needs of toddlers.
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spelling doaj-art-9b62573ed45e45d8bf401bdcd255efd42025-08-20T03:31:21ZengUniversitas Airlangga, Departemen Ilmu Ekonomi Fakultas Ekonomi dan BisnisJIET (Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi Terapan)2541-14702528-18792025-06-01101779210.20473/jiet.v10i1.6964967838The Role of Human Development Index for Women and Wages in Children’s MalnutritionAreta Nur Fatimah Azalia0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4951-2582Arivia Fikratuz Zakia1https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3809-4831Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Mulawarman, Samarinda, IndonesiaDepartment of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur, Surabaya, IndonesiaThe issues regarding malnutrition in children, including wasting, stunting, and underweight, have raised serious concerns in global public health and economics, particularly in developing countries. This study examined the relationship between women’s human development index and regional minimum wage concerning wasting, stunting, and underweight. It utilized secondary data obtained from BPS (Central Statistics Agency) and used thirty-three provinces in Indonesia from 2018 to 2022, employing panel data regression. The results indicate that the women’s human development index significantly negatively affects stunting and underweight. Additionally, regional minimum wage significantly negatively impacts wasting, stunting, and underweight. These findings underscore the importance of policies supporting improving the Human Development Index for women and establishing a fair regional minimum wage to combat malnutrition issues. Interventions could include preventing anemia in adolescent girls by providing iron supplements, facilitating pregnancy check-ups, providing supplementary food for pregnant women, and offering social assistance for constructing latrines and meeting the nutritional needs of toddlers.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JIET/article/view/69649: human development indexregional minimum wagewastingstuntingunderweight
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regional minimum wage
wasting
stunting
underweight
title The Role of Human Development Index for Women and Wages in Children’s Malnutrition
title_full The Role of Human Development Index for Women and Wages in Children’s Malnutrition
title_fullStr The Role of Human Development Index for Women and Wages in Children’s Malnutrition
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Human Development Index for Women and Wages in Children’s Malnutrition
title_short The Role of Human Development Index for Women and Wages in Children’s Malnutrition
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regional minimum wage
wasting
stunting
underweight
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