|
Mean (Std. Dev) / Proportion
|
|
Child’s Characteristics
|
|
Height-for-age Z-score
|
−1.64 (1.78)
|
−1.41 (1.76)
|
− 1.87 (1.74)
|
−1.83 (1.85)
|
− 1.51 (1.72)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Child is stunted
|
42.06%
|
35.68%
|
48.57%
|
47.94%
|
38.27%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Weight-for-age Z-scoreb
|
−1.15 (1.45)
|
−0.90 (1.43)
|
−1.39 (1.40)
|
− 1.46 (1.47)
|
− 0.96 (1.39)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Child is underweightb
|
26.44%
|
20.72%
|
31.30%
|
34.41%
|
21.18%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Weight-for-height Z-scorec
|
−0.35 (1.51)
|
−0.18 (1.51)
|
− 0.50 (1.48)
|
−0.59 (1.53)
|
− 0.18 (1.49)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Child is wastedc
|
12.71%
|
10.40%
|
14.44%
|
16.53%
|
10.11%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Child’s sex (Male)
|
50.60%
|
50.86%
|
50.17%
|
50.63%
|
51.50%
|
0.021
|
|
Child’s Age (months)
|
19.85 (8.63)
|
20.00 (8.65)
|
19.69 (8.62)
|
19.93 (8.59)
|
18.55 (8.61)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Child is a multiple birth
|
2.16%
|
2.17%
|
2.32%
|
1.81%
|
1.99%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Child is first born
|
24.33%
|
29.47%
|
17.67%
|
19.35%
|
48.58%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Months of breastfeeding
|
15.24 (7.13)
|
14.60 (7.16)
|
15.91 (6.92)
|
15.93 (7.36)
|
14.09 (6.73)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Fever in last two weeks
|
33.50%
|
31.12%
|
39.08%
|
28.09%
|
35.93%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Diarrhea in last two weeks
|
21.24%
|
19.32%
|
24.25%
|
20.28%
|
22.35%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Vaccinations in first year
|
46.61%
|
48.68%
|
47.54%
|
37.45%
|
50.82%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Mother’s Characteristics
|
|
Mother’s Age (years)
|
27.47 (6.51)
|
27.03 (5.96)
|
28.18 (7.00)
|
27.68 (6.76)
|
24.55 (6.37)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Maternal education (years)
|
4.16 (4.64)
|
6.02 (5.07)
|
2.37 (3.23)
|
2.20 (3.43)
|
5.14 (4.37)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Maternal BMI (kg/m2)
|
22.12 (4.29)
|
23.10 (4.90)
|
21.21 (3.19)
|
21.07 (3.67)
|
22.37 (4.18)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Mother’s total number of children
|
3.54 (2.40)
|
3.02 (2.07)
|
4.16 (2.61)
|
3.90 (2.51)
|
2.51 (2.06)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Mother’s marital status
|
< 0.001
|
|
Never married
|
2.54%
|
2.15%
|
1.54%
|
0.76%
|
35.39%
|
|
Married
|
84.09%
|
84.89%
|
83.24%
|
88.29%
|
54.01%
|
|
Living with partner
|
8.90%
|
8.52%
|
10.35%
|
7.39%
|
5.39%
|
|
Widowed
|
0.93%
|
0.75%
|
1.12%
|
0.99%
|
1.59%
|
|
Divorced
|
1.09%
|
0.96%
|
1.40%
|
0.81%
|
0.13%
|
|
No longer living together
|
2.44%
|
2.72%
|
2.36%
|
1.76%
|
2.49%
|
|
Household Characteristics
|
|
Urban
|
31.54%
|
54.91%
|
8.37%
|
8.59%
|
44.96%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Wealth quintile
|
< 0.001
|
|
Lowest
|
22.04%
|
12.14%
|
29.41%
|
37.09%
|
17.12%
|
|
Second
|
21.36%
|
15.67%
|
26.79%
|
27.57%
|
17.22%
|
|
Middle
|
20.75%
|
19.43%
|
23.39%
|
19.15%
|
19.77%
|
|
Fourth
|
19.50%
|
24.83%
|
15.16%
|
12.22%
|
22.11%
|
|
Highest
|
16.34%
|
27.92%
|
5.25%
|
3.97%
|
23.79%
|
|
Improved water
|
62.73%
|
78.85%
|
43.31%
|
54.75%
|
70.38%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Improved sanitation
|
23.75%
|
38.98%
|
5.73%
|
16.11%
|
27.13%
|
< 0.001
|
|
Parental occupation
|
|
Non-agricultural
|
47.80%
| | | | | |
|
At least one parent self-employed in agriculture
|
34.32%
| | | | | |
|
At least one parent earning wages in agriculture
|
15.42%
| | | | | |
|
Parents unemployed
|
2.46%
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