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. 2011 Mar 4;84(3):443–450. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0244

Table 1.

Characteristics of families from rural areas and urban slum areas in Indonesia

Characteristic Rural Urban
N Mean (SD) or % N Mean (SD) or %
Family has an improved latrine Yes 203,007 45.4 114,816 79.8
No 243,973 54.6 29,022 20.2
Child age, mos 0–5 66,925 15.0 20,279 14.1
6–11 82,046 18.4 24,209 16.8
12–23 127,296 28.5 39,656 27.6
24–35 84,840 19.0 28,858 20.0
36–47 54,446 12.2 18,532 13.6
48–59 30,973 6.9 11,227 7.8
Child sex Male 229,547 51.3 74,798 51.9
Female 217,686 48.7 69,207 48.1
Maternal age, y ≤ 24 139,054 31.1 39,963 27.8
25– 112,006 25.1 36,471 25.3
29–32 93,784 21.0 31,765 22.0
33+ 101,889 22.8 35,815 24.9
Maternal education, y 0 26,135 5.9 6,855 4.8
1–6 239,844 53.9 66,841 46.5
7–9 90,967 20.4 33,692 23.5
≥ 10 87,951 19.8 36,220 25.2
Maternal BMI (kg/m2) 18.5 to < 25 315,727 71.0 91,583 62.3
< 18.5 54,465 12.2 17,574 12.3
≥ 25 to < 30 64,578 14.5 27,381 19.2
≥ 30 10,209 2.3 5,967 4.2
Paternal education, y 0 18,891 4.4 3,078 2.2
1–6 207,228 48.6 51,391 36.6
7–9 83,128 19.5 34,430 24.5
≥ 10 117,388 27.5 51,619 36.7
Child currently breastfeeding Yes 281,072 62.9 82,258 57.2
No 165,606 37.1 61,513 42.8
Child received vitamin A capsule in last 6 months Yes 229,799 52.6 72,533 52.3
No 206,797 47.4 66,296 47.7
Household has adequately iodized salt Yes 281,920 65.6 100,557 70.7
No 153,009 34.4 41,730 29.3
Father is a smoker Yes 325,963 74.5 101,512 71.8
No 111,771 25.5 39,919 28.2
Weekly per capita plant food expenditure 400,835 0.23 (0.23) 143,556 0.36 (0.28)
Weekly per capita grain food expenditure 401,018 0.34 (0.34) 143,566 0.36 (0.30)
Weekly per capita animal food expenditure 401,080 0.29 (0.39) 143,573 0.43 (0.40)
Number of household members eating from same kitchen 2–4 177,187 44.2 74,011 51.8
> 4 223,862 55.8 68,982 48.2
Weekly per capita household expenditure, quintile 1 80,218 20.0 28,715 20.0
2 80,214 20.0 28,715 20.0
3 80,225 20.0 28,717 20.0
4 80,210 20.0 28,713 20.0
5 80,219 20.0 28,715 20.0
*

BMI = body mass index.

Cut-offs for quintiles was $1.40, $1.94, $2.57, and $3.66 for rural families and $1.88, $2.52, $3.24, and $4.40 for families from urban slums.