Table 3.

Sociodemographic, economic and anthropometric characteristics between baseline and endline surveys

Items	Baseline2017 (n = 210)	Endline2020 (n = 205)	P value
Respondents*
Mother	190 (90.5)	182 (88.8)	0.009b
Father	10 ( 4.8)	2 ( 1.0)
Grandparents/Others	10 ( 4.8)	21 (10.2)
Age groups*
6–23 months	75 (35.7)	59 (28.8)	0.160b
24–59 months	135 (64.3)	146 (71.2)
Age in Daysa
6–23 months	492 (159.7)	493 (154.7)	0.969c
24–59 months	1287 (299.1)	1322 (302.2)	0.393c
Gender*
Male	101 (48.1)	95 (46.3)	0.795b
Female	109 (51.9)	110 (53.7)
Villages*
Phakouay-dong	47 (22.4)	52 (25.4)	0.297b
Phakouay-thong	80 (38.1)	87 (42.4)
Phakhong	83 (39.5)	66 (32.2)
Household size*
2–4	73 (34.8)	55 (26.8)	0.143b
5–7	103 (49.0)	107 (52.2)
8 ≤	33 (15.7)	43 (21.0)
N/A	1 (0.5)	0 ( 0.0)
Ownership of Household Assets*
TV	150 (71.4)	160 (78.0)	0.150b
Mobile Phone	176 (83.8)	177 (86.3)	0.558b
Refrigerator	95 (45.2)	103 (50.2)	0.356b
Tractor	134 (63.8)	140 (68.3)	0.390b
Household Expenditurea
Electricity bill (last month)d	35,451 (39,529)	29,598 (37,468)	0.015c
Child Health Status Yesterday*
Healthy	210 (100)	187 (91.2)	< 0.001b
Unhealthy	0 (0.0)	18 (8.8)
Stunting (HAZ)*
− 2 <	128 (61.0)	119 (58.0)	0.166b
− 2 ≤ HAZ ≤ − 3	64 (30.5)	59 (28.8)
− 3 >	15 (7.1)	16 (7.8)
N/A	3 (1.4)	11 (5.4)
Wasting / Overweight (WHZ)*
+ 2 ≤	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.150b
− 2 < WHZ < + 2	186 (88.6)	181 (88.3)
− 2 > WHZ ≥ − 3	21 (10.0)	12 (5.9)
− 3 >	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)
N/A	3 (1.4)	11 (5.4)

Bold indicates that, as a result of statistical analysis, the p-value has become 0.05 or lower

*Number (percentage: %)

^aMean (Standard Division)

^bChi-square test or Fisher’s exact test (applied when expected frequencies are less than five) for categorical variables

^cMann–Whitney U test for continuous variables

^dThe currency used is LAK, the Laotian Kip