Background. Stunting continues to be a child public health concern in many African countries, including South Africa. This study uses data from the Birth to Twenty study, held in Johannesburg, to investigate a range of household-level socioeconomic and social support predictors of stunting in children aged less than 30 months.
Design. Logistical regression models were constructed using a
conceptual framework to investigate the association between early life measures of socio-economic status and stunting (