Table 2.
Characteristic of children under-five surveyed at household in Burkina Faso, 2012–2018
| Index | Weighted mean (SE) | ||||||
| 2012 N=19 049 |
2013 N=19 170 |
2014 N=15 835 |
2015 N=20 408 |
2016* N=9434 |
2017 N=19 409 |
2018 N=23 939 |
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| Age | 27.80 (0.11) | 27.15 (0.12) | 27.82 (0.13) | 27.47 (0.11) | 28.59 (0.16) | 28.53 (0.11) | 29.04 (0.10) |
| Weight | 10.46 (0.02) | 10.39 (0.02) | 10.72 (0.03) | 10.41 (0.02) | 10.85 (0.03) | 10.8 (0.02) | 10.92 (0.02) |
| Height | 82.08 (0.09) | 81.54 (0.1) | 82.68 (0.11) | 81.97 (0.09) | 83.38 (0.13) | 83.31 (0.09) | 83.75 (0.08) |
| HAZ | 1.49 (0.01) | 1.50 (0.01) | 1.30 (0.01) | 1.47 (0.01) | 1.30 (0.01) | 1.28 (0.01) | 1.27 (0.01) |
| WHZ | 0.67 (0.01) | 0.61 (0.01) | 0.53 (0.01) | 0.70 (0.01) | 0.55 (0.01) | 0.60 (0.01) | 0.56 (0.01) |
| WAZ | 1.31 (0.01) | 1.28 (0.01) | 1.11 (0.01) | 1.33 (0.01) | 1.12 (0.01) | 1.15 (0.01) | 1.11 (0.01) |
*In 2016 the sampling framework was regional and national (without provincial), hence impacting the sample size. This choice by the Ministry of Health was guided by limited resources to run the national survey.
HAZ, length/height-for-age z-score; WAZ, weight-for-age z-score; WHZ, weight-for-length/height z-score.