Table 4.
Malnutrition of schoolchildren in Ouagadougou according to school characteristics
| Nutritional status (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School characteristics | N | Overweight/obesity | Thinness | Stunting | Anaemia | Vitamin A deficiency†† |
| School type | ||||||
| Public schools | 457 | 6 (1.3) | 64 (14.0) | 44 (9.6) | 204 (44.6) | 64 (52.9) |
| Private schools | 192 | 9 (4.7) | 25 (13.0) | 13 (6.8) | 58 (30.2) | 3 (5.8) |
| P value* | 0.009 | 0.740 | 0.241 | 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
| School location | ||||||
| Urban schools | 543 | 15 (2.8) | 68 (12.5) | 40 (7.4) | 221 (40.7) | 52 (35.9) |
| Peri-urban schools | 106 | 0 (0.0) | 21 (19.8) | 17 (16.0) | 41 (38.7) | 15 (53.6) |
| P value* | 0.083 | 0.046 | 0.004 | 0.698 | 0.078 | |
| Total | 649 | 15 (2.3) | 89 (13.7) | 57 (8.8) | 262 (40.4) | 67 (38.7) |
†† On sub-sample only (N = 173)
*χ2 test