Table 1.

Characteristics of study sample

		N	n	(%)
Sex		569
	Males		285	50.1
	Female		284	49.9
Age Group		569
	4–5 months		90	15.8
	6–8 months		109	19.2
	9–11 months		116	20.0
	12–14 months		140	24.6
	15–17 months		114	20.0
Caste		569
	Brahmin & Chhetri		51	9.0
	Vaiysha		344	60.5
	Shudra		77	13.5
	Muslim		97	17.0
SES Scale1		557
	0–1 possessions		120	21.5
	2–5 possessions		287	51.5
	6–12 possessions		150	26.9
Feeding Groups2		561
	Breast milk only		93	16.6
	Breast milk & Water only		59	10.5
	1–3 complementary foods		79	14.1
	4 – 6 complementary foods		227	40.4
	7–9 complementary foods		103	18.4
Diarrhea3		503	148	29.4
Stunted4		477	147	30.8
Wasted5		486	88	18.1
Underweight6		487	247	50.7

¹12-point material asset scale, missing data from 12 children;

²missing infant feeding data on 8 subjects;

³4 or more watery stools/day within past 5 days, missing data from 66 subjects;

⁴length-for-age Z-score < −2, missing data from 92 subjects;

⁵weight-for-length Z-score < −2, missing data from 83 subjects;

⁶weight-for-age Z-score, missing data from 82 subjects