Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample of Mayan Achí people (154 randomly selected children aged 6–60 months and their 127 caregivers) from six rural villages in Guatemala, March–July 2016
| Village A | Village B | Village C | Village D | Village E | Village F | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Median or Mean | IQR or sd | Median or Mean | IQR or sd | Median or Mean | IQR or sd | Median or Mean | IQR or sd | Median or Mean | IQR or sd | Median or Mean | IQR or sd | Median or Mean | IQR or sd |
| Distance to market (km)* | 6·8 | 8·2 | 9·5 | 10·2 | 13·4 | 15·2 | – | |||||||
| Altitude (masl)* | 1345 | 1400 | 1610 | 1580 | 1750 | 1805 | – | |||||||
| Distance to nearest river (km)* | 0·1 | 1·0 | 0·6 | 2·6 | 0·8 | 1·7 | – | |||||||
| Household characteristics | ||||||||||||||
| No. of households | 21 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 127 | |||||||
| No. of household members† | 6·0 | 4·0 | 7·0 | 4·0 | 6·0 | 1·0 | 8·0 | 2·0 | 6·0 | 5·0 | 6·0 | 1·0 | 6·0 | 3·0 |
| No. of children living in home† | 1·0 | 1·0 | 2·0 | 1·0 | 2·0 | 1·0 | 2·0 | 1·0 | 1·0 | 1·0 | 2·0 | 1·0 | 2·0 | 1·0 |
| SES‡ | 10·2 | 1·4 | 8·9 | 1·5 | 10·1 | 1·4 | 8·6 | 1·7 | 8·7 | 1·6 | 8·1 | 1·0 | 9·2 | 1·6 |
| Safe sewage disposal (% yes) | 4·3 | 0·0 | 7·4 | 9·1 | 11·8 | 4·3 | 6·0 | |||||||
| Access to water (% yes) | 95·7 | 88·9 | 96·3 | 90·9 | 70·6 | 66·7 | 85·5 | |||||||
| Dirt floor (% yes) | 56·5 | 83·3 | 63·0 | 45·5 | 58·8 | 81·0 | 65·8 | |||||||
| Access to electricity (% yes) | 95·7 | 66·7 | 74·1 | 90·9 | 70·6 | 19·0 | 68·4 | |||||||
| Household head employment | ||||||||||||||
| Farmer (%) | 12·0 | 24·1 | 20·6 | 18·8 | 57·1 | 16·0 | 22·4 | |||||||
| Formal employment (%) | 48·0 | 6·9 | 38·2 | 18·8 | 14·3 | 0·0 | 22·4 | |||||||
| Informal employment (%) | 40·0 | 69·0 | 41·2 | 62·5 | 28·6 | 84·0 | 55·2 | |||||||
| Home garden ownership (% yes) | 76·9 | 89·3 | 64·7 | 88·2 | 76·2 | 76·0 | 77·5 | |||||||
| Crop species richness in all systems (no. of edible crop species)† | 15·0 | 8·0 | 17·0 | 7·0 | 13·5 | 9·0 | 16·0 | 13·0 | 17·0 | 10·0 | 13·0 | 8·0 | 15·0 | 8·0 |
| Crop species richness in home gardens (no. of edible crop species)† | 13·0 | 6·0 | 12·0 | 5·0 | 10·0 | 7·0 | 12·0 | 11·0 | 14·0 | 6·0 | 10·0 | 7·0 | 12·0 | 7·0 |
| QA beneficiary (% yes) | 7·7 | 96·2 | 11·8 | 68·4 | 85·7 | 20·7 | 50·4 | |||||||
| Child characteristics | ||||||||||||||
| No. of children | 26 | 29 | 34 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 154 | |||||||
| No. of children aged <24 months | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 58 | |||||||
| Age of child (months)† | 23·0 | 15·0 | 33·0 | 32·0 | 28·0 | 30·0 | 30·0 | 31·0 | 28·0 | 27·0 | 35·0 | 18·0 | 29·0 | 26·0 |
| Sex (% male) | 50·0 | 27·6 | 55·9 | 36·8 | 52·4 | 48·0 | 45·5 | |||||||
| Mayan Achí (% yes) | 100·0 | 96·6 | 82·4 | 100·0 | 90·5 | 32·0 | 83·12 | |||||||
| Morbidity in the last month (% yes) | 63·6 | 100·0 | 84·6 | 100·0 | 38·9 | 50·0 | 67·1 | |||||||
| IYCDDS of children aged <24 months (no. of food groups/d)† | 4·2 | 1·0 | 4·0 | 1·5 | 4·5 | 1·0 | 4·0 | 2·0 | 5·0 | 1·5 | 5·0 | 0·7 | 4·5 | 1·0 |
| IDDS of children aged ≥24 months (no. of food groups/d)† | 4·0 | 1·0 | 4·0 | 0·6 | 4·0 | 1·0 | 5·0 | 2·2 | 5·0 | 0·5 | 4·5 | 1·0 | 4·2 | 1·0 |
| Stunting (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Moderate | 26·9 | 44·8 | 44·1 | 42·1 | 28·6 | 44·0 | 39·0 | |||||||
| Severe | 19·2 | 27·6 | 8·8 | 31·6 | 14·3 | 32·0 | 21·4 | |||||||
| Underweight (%) | ||||||||||||||
| Moderate | 11·5 | 13·8 | 17·6 | 21·1 | 28·6 | 24·0 | 18·8 | |||||||
| Severe | 0·0 | 3·4 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·6 | |||||||
| Maternal characteristics | ||||||||||||||
| Primary caregiver education (years)† | 7·0 | 4·0 | 6·0 | 3·0 | 4·0 | 3·0 | 1·0 | 3·0 | 3·0 | 4·0 | 3·0 | 4·0 | 4·0 | 4·0 |
| Primary caregiver literacy (% no) | 7·7 | 20·7 | 15·2 | 50·0 | 14·3 | 25·0 | 20·5 | |||||||
| Primary caregiver age (years)† | 23·0 | 8·0 | 22·0 | 16·0 | 26·0 | 13·0 | 36·0 | 15·0 | 26·0 | 17·0 | 28·0 | 8·0 | 27·0 | 14·0 |
IQR, interquartile range; masl, metres above sea level; QA, agricultural extension services promoting home gardening and agroecology; SES, socio-economic status; IYCDDS, infant and young child dietary diversity score; IDDS, individual dietary diversity score.
*
Characteristics measured at and from the village school (point of reference).
†
Data presented as median and IQR.
‡
Data presented as mean and sd.