Table 1. Summary statistics of sociodemographic and dietary characteristics of Indian children aged 1–19 years.
Mean/Percent | 95% CI | |
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Exposures | ||
Consumed deworming medication, % | 43.4 | [43.1, 43.7] |
No open defecation in community1, % | 50.9 | [50.6, 51.2] |
Moderate open defecation in community (>0< = 30%), % | 25.5 | [24.3, 24.8] |
High open defecation in community (>30%), % | 25.6 | [24.3, 24.8] |
Covariates | ||
Child age, months | 103.4 | [103.0, 103.8] |
Female, % | 48.0 | [47.7, 48.3] |
Father’s education, years | 7.7 | [7.7, 7.7] |
Mother’s education, years | 5.3 | [5.3, 5.4] |
Count of plant sourced foods consumed per week out of 5, mean2 | 4.7 | [4.7, 4.7] |
Count of animal sourced foods consumed per week out of 4, mean3 | 3.2 | [3.2, 3.2] |
Count of unhealthy foods consumed per week out of 4, mean4 | 3.4 | [3.4, 3.4] |
Wealth quintile 1, poorest5 | 20.0 | [19.8, 20.3] |
Wealth quintile 2 | 20.0 | [19.8, 20.3] |
Wealth quintile 3 | 20.1 | [19.8, 20.3] |
Wealth quintile 4 | 20.0 | [19.7, 20.2] |
Wealth quintile 5, nonpoor | 19.9 | [19.7, 20.2] |
Household has piped water, % | 42.3 | [42.0, 42.6] |
Household has toilet, % | 80.9 | [80.7, 81.2] |
Household treats water, % | 26.9 | [26.7, 27.2] |
Survey season | ||
Summer (March, April, May), % | 21.7 | [21.5, 22.0] |
Monsoon (June, July, August, September), % | 42.4 | [42.1, 42.7] |
Post monsoon (October, November), % | 12.1 | [11.9, 12.3] |
Observations | 105,060 |
1Open defecation was measured as the average proportion of sampled households practicing open defecation in a community.
2Plant foods include legumes, leafy greens, vegetables, fruits, and nuts/seeds.
3Animal foods include eggs, fish, dairy, and poultry.
4Unhealthy foods include fried foods, junk food, sweets, and sugar-sweetened beverages.
5Wealth quintiles were constructed from a principal component analysis of 26 household assets, cooking fuel, house and land ownership, and house floor, roof, and wall materials. Water treatment includes boiling or filtering water with an electric filter.