Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5)
Background: National Health Surveys have been part of national health services in many countries, but their data are summary com- pilations and commonly used only for describing trends in health and living conditions. Aim: Tostatisticallydisclosenetworksofinteractingvariableswithin National Heal...
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Background: National Health Surveys have been part of national health services in many countries, but their data are summary com- pilations and commonly used only for describing trends in health and living conditions.
Aim: Tostatisticallydisclosenetworksofinteractingvariableswithin National Health Survey data.
Sample and methods: We used anthropometric, educational, environ- mental and economic information of people of Sikkim, West Bengal, Telangana, and Gujarat, India, obtained by the Fifth Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5).
We applied a new statistical approach labeled as “St. Nicholas House Analysis” (SNHA). SNHA ranks absolute bivariate correlation coef- ficients in descending order according to magnitude. The method creates hierarchic “association chains” of correlation coefficients de- fined by sequences where reversing the start and end point does not alter the ordering of elements. Association chains characterize de- pendence structures within networks of extensively interacting variables.
Results: SNHA disclosed fundamental differences in the network of anthropometric, educational, environmental and economic variables of the people of Sikkim, and the people of West Ben- gal, Telangana and Gujarat. Whereas relevant interactions among these variables were largely absent in the people of Sikkim, the variables formed characteristic star-shaped networks with wealth quintile and the possession of motorcycles in a strong central position, in the people of West Bengal, Telangana and Gujarat.
Conclusion: Depicting association chains within net- works of extensively interacting variables such as health survey data appears to be a promising statisti- cal tool for disentangling the effects of environmen- tal circumstances, education, and social, economic, political and emotional (SEPE) factors on human growth.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2550a0b6521a481aa1e227d2dfcb8b4b2024-04-02T07:02:45ZengUniversitätsverlag PotsdamHuman Biology and Public Health2748-99572023-12-01210.52905/hbph2023.2.72Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5)Singha Roy Soumyajit0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2104-1947Mithun Sikdar1Nitish Mondal2Christiane Scheffler3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1954-7578Detlef Groth4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-3978Michael Hermanussen5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-1597Department of Anthropology, School of Human Sciences, Sikkim University, IndiaAnthropological Survey Of India, Southern Regional Centre, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Anthropology, School of Human Sciences, Sikkim University, IndiaUniversity of Potsdam, Human Biology, Potsdam, GermanyUniversity of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, GermanyAschauhof 3, 24340 Eckernförde – Altenhof, Germany Background: National Health Surveys have been part of national health services in many countries, but their data are summary com- pilations and commonly used only for describing trends in health and living conditions. Aim: Tostatisticallydisclosenetworksofinteractingvariableswithin National Health Survey data. Sample and methods: We used anthropometric, educational, environ- mental and economic information of people of Sikkim, West Bengal, Telangana, and Gujarat, India, obtained by the Fifth Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). We applied a new statistical approach labeled as “St. Nicholas House Analysis” (SNHA). SNHA ranks absolute bivariate correlation coef- ficients in descending order according to magnitude. The method creates hierarchic “association chains” of correlation coefficients de- fined by sequences where reversing the start and end point does not alter the ordering of elements. Association chains characterize de- pendence structures within networks of extensively interacting variables. Results: SNHA disclosed fundamental differences in the network of anthropometric, educational, environmental and economic variables of the people of Sikkim, and the people of West Ben- gal, Telangana and Gujarat. Whereas relevant interactions among these variables were largely absent in the people of Sikkim, the variables formed characteristic star-shaped networks with wealth quintile and the possession of motorcycles in a strong central position, in the people of West Bengal, Telangana and Gujarat. Conclusion: Depicting association chains within net- works of extensively interacting variables such as health survey data appears to be a promising statisti- cal tool for disentangling the effects of environmen- tal circumstances, education, and social, economic, political and emotional (SEPE) factors on human growth. https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/72consumer itemsnational health surveysassociated chainsgross domestic productionantropometry |
| spellingShingle | Singha Roy Soumyajit Mithun Sikdar Nitish Mondal Christiane Scheffler Detlef Groth Michael Hermanussen Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5) Human Biology and Public Health consumer items national health surveys associated chains gross domestic production antropometry |
| title | Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5) |
| title_full | Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5) |
| title_fullStr | Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5) |
| title_short | Attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from Demographic and health survey India-2019-2020 (NFHS 5) |
| title_sort | attitude towards purchasing consumer items can be extracted from demographic and health survey india 2019 2020 nfhs 5 |
| topic | consumer items national health surveys associated chains gross domestic production antropometry |
| url | https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/72 |
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