Table 2.

Nutritional classification and food security for children across age categories.

	Total		Under age 5		Age 6–9		Age 10–19
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value
Nutritional classification
Total	1,004	–	273	27.2	320	31.9	411	40.9
Severe wasting/thinness	31	3.6	6	2.8	15	5.2	10	2.7	0.17
Moderate wasting/thinness	45	5.2	8	3.7	13	4.6	24	6.5	0.27
Normal weight	639	73.3	137	62.8	220	76.9	282	76.6	<0.001
Overweight/obese	157	18.0	67	30.7	38	13.3	52	14.1	0.23
Moderate Stunting	180	20.0	57	25.2	57	19.0	66	17.7	0.07
Severe stunting	119	13.2	52	23.0	20	6.7	47	12.6	<0.001
Food security*
Worry about running out of food in the last month									0.72
No	215	21.6	59	21.7	73	23.0	83	20.4
Yes	781	78.4	213	77.0	245	77.0	323	79.6
Skipped a meal in the last month									0.59
No	334	33.3	97	35.5	101	31.6	136	33.1
Yes	670	66.7	176	64.5	219	68.4	275	66.9
Went without eating for a whole day in the last month									0.55
No	736	73.5	199	73.2	229	71.6	308	75.1
Yes	266	26.5	73	16.8	91	28.4	102	24.9
Received any assistance in the last year									0.94
No	928	93.2	254	93.5	295	93.0	379	93.4
Yes	68	6.8	18	6.6	23	7.2	27	6.7

*Differences for food security questions were assessed using χ²tests of association which were all shown to have no significant difference (p > 0.5).