Table 1.
Sociodemographic, lifestyle and nutritional characteristics of the 6–59-month-old children living with their 20–49-year-old mothers (437 child–mother pairs), Greater Tunis area, Tunisia, 2009/2010
| Characteristic | %* | se † |
|---|---|---|
| Child | ||
| Age (months) | ||
| 6–23 | 29·4 | 2·4 |
| 24–47 | 45·4 | 2·3 |
| 48–59 | 25·3 | 2·4 |
| Sex | ||
| Girls | 48·9 | 2·5 |
| Wasting (weight-for-height Z-score<−2) | 1·6 | 0·6 |
| Overweight (BMI-for-age Z-score>2) | 9·7 | 1·7 |
| Obesity (BMI-for-age Z-score>3) | 2·4 | 0·8 |
| Stunting (height-for-age Z-score<−2) | 5·4 | 1·1 |
| Anaemia (Hb<110 g/l) | 32·8 | 2·4 |
| Dietary diversity score | ||
| Lower tertile (1–5) | 35·7 | 2·6 |
| Intermediate tertile (6–7) | 41·4 | 2·5 |
| Upper tertile (8–11) | 22·9 | 2·3 |
| Mother | ||
| Age (years) | ||
| 20–29 | 20·2 | 2·3 |
| 30–39 | 58·2 | 2·5 |
| 40–49 | 21·6 | 2·1 |
| Overweight (BMI≥25·0 kg/m2) | 77·1 | 2·3 |
| Obesity (BMI≥30·0 kg/m2) | 41·4 | 3·0 |
| Anaemia (Hb<120 g/l) | 43·0 | 3·5 |
| Parity | ||
| 1–2 | 52·6 | 3·0 |
| ≥3 | 47·4 | 3·0 |
| Education | ||
| No schooling | 10·3 | 2·0 |
| Primary school | 40·1 | 2·6 |
| Secondary | 39·7 | 2·8 |
| University | 9·9 | 2·0 |
| Professional activity | ||
| Upper/intermediate | 11·3 | 2·1 |
| Employee/worker | 18·1 | 2·2 |
| Without activity | 70·6 | 2·7 |
| Household economic proxy‡ | ||
| Lower tertile | 35·1 | 3·3 |
| Intermediate tertile | 35·6 | 2·4 |
| Upper tertile | 29·3 | 3·2 |
| Energy intake | ||
| Lower tertile | 31·0 | 2·6 |
| Intermediate tertile | 33·1 | 2·8 |
| Upper tertile | 35·8 | 3·1 |
| Physical activity | ||
| Sedentary (PAL<1·7) | 24·2 | 2·7 |
| Active (PAL≥1·7) | 75·8 | 2·7 |
PAL, physical activity level.
*
Weighted proportions.
†
se taking the sampling design into account.
‡
Asset-based household wealth score: increasing wealth from lower to upper tertile.