“…In Malawi, existing literature on nutrition-related disparities ( Chikhungu, 2022 ; Chilora & Duchoslav, 2020 ; Claffey et al, 2020 ; Machira & Chirwa, 2020 ; Makoka & Masibo, 2015 ; Mussa, 2015 ; Pérez-Mesa et al, 2022 ) made no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate sources of child nutritional inequalities except in the study of Pérez-Mesa et al (2022) , who examined IOP in child height inequality in 33 SSA countries using DHS from 2009 to 2016, Malawi (2010 DHS) inclusive.…”