Table 1.
Child, maternal and household characteristics during 2012–2014
| Overall | Across season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post‐Aman | Monsoon | Post‐Aus | ||
| Dependent variable | ||||
| Child stunting (%) | 36.0 | 35.1 | 35.5 | 37.9 |
| Child underweight (%) | 31.9 | 28.8 | 34.5 | 32.1 |
| Child wasting (%) | 11.6 | 9.5 | 14.4 | 10.4 |
| Exposure variable (%) | ||||
| Household food insecurity | 37.9 | 39.5 | 36.4 | 38.0 |
| Mediator variable (%) | ||||
| Inadequate DD (child consumed <4 of 7 food groups) | 46.2 | 49.8 | 39.2 | 51.2 |
| Covariates | ||||
| Children's individual characteristics | ||||
| Age (months) | 30.4 ± 0.17 | 30.2 ± 0.32 | 30.3 ± 0.28 | 30.9 ± 0.23 |
| Sex, % female | 48.0 | 47.5 | 48.8 | 47.7 |
| Acute respiratory infection (%) | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| Diarrhea (%) | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 8.7 |
| Mother's characteristics | ||||
| Age at childbirth (years) | 24.04 ± 0.05 | 24.06 ± 0.10 | 24.05 ± 0.08 | 24.0 ± 0.09 |
| Education (%) | ||||
| No education | 18.1 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 18.5 |
| Primary | 32.0 | 31.1 | 31.9 | 33.1 |
| Secondary | 44.0 | 45.0 | 43.7 | 43.4 |
| Higher | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 5.0 |
| Short stature (<145 cm) (%) | 12.3 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 13.1 |
| Household characteristics | ||||
| Household size, n | 4.96 ± 0.02 | 4.94 ± 0.04 | 5.02 ± 0.04 | 4.91 ± 0.03 |
| Wealth quintiles (%) | ||||
| Poorest | 27.5 | 26.1 | 26.7 | 30.0 |
| Poorer | 21.0 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 22.9 |
| Middle | 18.3 | 17.5 | 20.1% | 16.9 |
| Richer | 17.2 | 19.4 | 16.7 | 15.3 |
| Richest | 16.0 | 17.3 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
| Geographical locations | ||||
| Rural (%) | 87.2 | 87.2 | 87.0 | 87.4 |
| Division (%) | ||||
| Rajshahi | 11.6 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
| Khulna | 10.8 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 13.3 |
| Barisal | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
| Dhaka | 32.9 | 34.8 | 33.8 | 29.4 |
| Sylhet | 6.5 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| Chittagong | 17.7 | 19.5 | 15.7 | 18.4 |
| Rangpur | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.2% | 15.8 |
Abbreviation: DD, dietary diversity.