Data for: Socioeconomic determinants of nutritional status among 'Baiga' tribal children in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh: A qualitative study

<h3>Project Summary</h3>The design of the study is qualitative, it includes data from twenty in-depth interviews with the mothers of Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) children from seven different villages to explore the social and cultural factors affecting the nutritional status among the children of Baiga tribes. Seven formal interviews with the public servants - one Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) supervisor, one PDS (Public Distribution System) supplier, five Anganwadi worker (AWW), were conducted to gain insight into stakeholders’ perspectives and challenges faced by them. <h3>Data Overview</h3>Both random and purposive sampling techniques have been used to select the villages and participants. In all, seven villages were selected from those pockets where the Baiga tribal population is high, but sampling of the mothers of SAM and MAM affected children, public servants and other stakeholders viz Local Registered Medical Practioners (RMP ), medical officer and district official were purposive. Detailed demographic and social profiling of the villages was carried out with specific focus on villages under study. Interviews were conducted in Hindi and transcribed and translated to English by the author.