Table 5.

Nutritional status of children (n 628) from resource-poor rural households of the Amhara region, Ethiopia, October 2011–May 2012

	Prevalence
	Overall*		Moderate†		Severe‡		Boys (n 274)		Girls (n 267)
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Stunting	271	43·2	177	28·2	94	15·0	131	41·3	140	45·0
Underweight	186	29·6	147	23·4	39	6·2	90	28·4	96	30·9
Wasting	43	6·8	43	6·8	0	0·0	20	6·3	23	7·4

^*Overall=Z-score <−2.

^†Moderate=Z-score between −2 and −3.

^‡Severe=Z-score <−3.