Table 2.
Age, anthropometry and bed-net use in the study sample by residency (rural/urban): women of reproductive age (aged 15–49 years) and pre-school age children (aged 6–59 months), Côte d'Ivoire, 2007
| Rural | Urban | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women of reproductive age | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P (rural v urban) | ||||||
| Age (years) | 27·8 | 7·6 | 27·5 | 8·0 | 27·7 | 8·0 | NS | ||||||
| Height (cm) | 159·2 | 6·0 | 159·7 | 6·2 | 159·5 | 6·1 | NS | ||||||
| Weight (kg) | 55·8 | 9·5 | 60·7 | 12·9 | 58·5 | 11·7 | <0·001 | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22·0 | 3·6 | 23·7 | 4·7 | 23·0 | 4·4 | <0·001 | ||||||
| % | % | % | |||||||||||
| BMI category (kg/m2) | |||||||||||||
| <18·5 | 11·5 | 5·9 | 8·4 | <0·001 | |||||||||
| 18·5–24·9 | 73·6 | 62·9 | 67·8 | ||||||||||
| 25·0–29·9 | 10·4 | 22·0 | 16·7 | ||||||||||
| ≥30·0 | 4·5 | 9·2 | 7·1 | ||||||||||
| Sleeping under a bed net (%) | 28·9 | 17·0 | 22·5 | <0·001 | |||||||||
| Rural | Urban | Total | |||||||||||
| Pre-school age children | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P (rural v urban) | ||||||
| Age (months) | 30·4 | 15·2 | 30·7 | 15·1 | 30·6 | 15·1 | NS | ||||||
| Height (cm) | 83·8 | 13·0 | 85·9 | 13·7 | 84·9 | 13·4 | 0·023 | ||||||
| Weight (kg) | 11·1 | 3·8 | 11·8 | 3·5 | 11·5 | 3·7 | 0·002 | ||||||
| HAZ | −1·74 | 1·83 | −1·30 | 1·57 | −1·51 | 1·71 | <0·001 | ||||||
| WAZ | −1·44 | 1·59 | −0·93 | 1·41 | −1·17 | 1·52 | <0·001 | ||||||
| WHZ | −0·56 | 1·50 | −0·31 | 1·55 | −0·43 | 1·53 | <0·001 | ||||||
| % | % | % | |||||||||||
| Stunting | |||||||||||||
| Normal | 53·8 | 64·6 | 59·5 | <0·001 | |||||||||
| Stunted (HAZ = −2·00 to −2·99) | 22·1 | 22·8 | 22·4 | ||||||||||
| Severely stunted (HAZ<−3·00) | 24·1 | 12·7 | 18·1 | ||||||||||
| Underweight | |||||||||||||
| Normal | 62·6 | 78·2 | 71·0 | <0·001 | |||||||||
| Underweight (WAZ = −2·00 to −2·99) | 21·4 | 14·6 | 17·7 | ||||||||||
| Severely underweight (WAZ < −3·00) | 16·0 | 7·1 | 11·3 | ||||||||||
| Wasting | |||||||||||||
| Normal | 83·7 | 87·9 | 86·0 | NS | |||||||||
| Wasted (WHZ = −2·00 to −2·99) | 10·0 | 8·0 | 8·9 | ||||||||||
| Severely wasted (WHZ < −3·00) | 6·3 | 4·1 | 5·2 | ||||||||||
| Sleeping under a bed net (%) | 28·3 | 17·8 | 22·6 | <0·001 | |||||||||
HAZ, height-for-age Z-score; WAZ, weight-for-age Z-score; WHZ, weight-for-height Z-score.