Tahir Mahmood

University of Chitral · Department of Economics

Pakistan is facing a high prevalence of malnutrition and Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) is one of the core indicators that remain below the recommended level. This study assesses MDD and its associated factors among children aged 6 to 23 months in Pakistan. The study uses a cross-sectional study using the dataset of the latest available Multiple I...

Food insecurity is a major concern for the developing world and around 37% of the population of Pakistan is food insecure. This paper utilizes the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) to assess the population prevalence of food insecurity and to identify their risk factors and determinants at the household level in Pakistan. This study employs a...

This paper explores the determinants of gender differences in male and female’ relative economic position using intrahousehold microdata from Pakistan. Through a feminist lens, the study utilizes a novel procedure to estimate the intrahousehold gender differences, by comparing the respondents’ responses regarding their relative economic position. T...

This paper determines the effect of international remittances on the healthcare utilization of childbearing mothers in Pakistan using the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) survey, 2018–19. The study reports a significant and positive effect of international remittances on the healthcare outcomes of childbearing mothers. Import...

Low Birth Weight (LBW) is considered as a major public health issue and leading cause of neonatal death. Almost one in four newborns are reported as underweight in Pakistan. Children born with low birth weight are highly vulnerable to develop diseases and death and/or remain undernourished (i.e., stunted and wasted). This study determines the LBW n...

Low Birth Weight (LBW) is considered as a major public health issue and leading cause of neonatal death. Almost one in four newborns are reported as underweight in Pakistan. Children born with low birth weight are highly vulnerable to develop diseases and death and/or remain undernourished (i.e., stunted and wasted). This study determines the LBW n...

Background: Pakistan is facing a serious problem of child under-nutrition as about 38% of children in Pakistan are stunted. Punjab, the largest province by population and contributes high gross domestic product (GDP) share in economy has reported 27% moderately and 10% severely stunted children of less than 5 years. Thus, this study aims at examin...

Background : Pakistan is facing an acute problem of child under-nutrition as about 38 percent of children in Pakistan are stunted. Punjab, the largest province by population and GDP share having stunting prevalence of about 33.5 percent moderately and 13.3 percent severely stunted children of less than five years. Thus, this study aims at examining...

Background: Pakistan is facing an acute problem of child under-nutrition as about 38% of children in Pakistan are stunted. Punjab, the largest province by population and GDP share having a stunting prevalence of about 33.5% moderately and 13.3%severely stunted children of less than five years. Thus, this study aims at examining the determinants of...

Objectives This study aims to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with underweight children under the age of 5 in Punjab, Pakistan. Design We analysed cross-sectional household-level subnationally representative Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Settings Punjab province, Pakistan. Participants 24 042 children under 5 years of age...

The current literature on poverty focuses intensively on objective poverty, which is based on household income, household consumption, basic needs, calorie intake or a multidimensional poverty approach. In contrast, this paper researches subjective poverty, which is compared with objective poverty measured by income in Pakistan. Using Pakistan Pane...