Socio-economic disadvantage (SED) is an established risk factor or effect modifier of child health status. Motivated by concerns of addressing health inequalities and social justice, this paper examined the place-specific association of SED with child health in Namibia. We explored this aspect by generating two local indicators of SED: material and earnings deprivation, and used a space-varying coefficients model, to estimate their effects on three child health outcomes (i.e., low birthweight, stunting and under-five mortality) in Namibia. Our findings, not only confirm that children from extremely disadvantaged households were more likely to be of low birthweight, stunted or die in the first 5 years of life, but also demonstrated the spatial varying association of SED with health. Results provide empirical evidence for designing interventions and policies that are targeted and focal.

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纳米比亚社会经济劣势与儿童健康之间关系的空间模型

社会经济劣势（SED）是儿童健康状况的既定危险因素或影响因子。出于对解决健康不平等和社会正义问题的关注，本文探讨了纳米比亚SED与儿童健康的特定地区关联。我们通过生成两个SED本地指标来探索这一方面：物质和收入剥夺，并使用时变系数模型来估计它们对纳米比亚三个儿童健康结局（即低出生体重，发育迟缓和五岁以下死亡率）的影响。我们的研究结果不仅证实了处于极端不利地位的家庭的儿童在出生后的头5年内更容易出现低出生体重，发育不良或死亡，而且还证明了SED与健康之间的空间差异。