Table 3c.

Sample characteristics – control variables.

	Child level (at enrollment)		Full sample (observations)
	N	%	N	%
Child age (in months)
<6	3,062	82.9	3,291	22.8
6–11	631	17.1	2,945	20.4
12–23			5,548	38.5
24+			2,626	18.2
Child sex
Male	1,856	50.3	7,288	50.6
Female	1,837	49.7	7,122	49.4
Mother's education (ref: No.)
Education/primary incomplete	1104	29.9	4572	31.7
Primary complete	1718	46.5	6464	44.9
Secondary +	871	23.6	3374	23.4
Mother's length of residence in the study area
0–2 years	1658	44.9	4802	33.3
3–5 years	752	20.4	3514	24.4
6+ years	1283	34.7	6094	42.3
Mother's marital status
Not in union	555	15.0	2959	20.5
In a union	3138	85.0	11,451	79.5
Mother's parity
1	1217	33.0	4508	31.3
2	1031	27.9	4066	28.2
3+	1445	39.1	5836	40.5
Household size
<4	1484	40.2	5082	35.3
4–5	1534	41.5	6301	43.7
6+	675	18.3	3027	21.0
Household environment
Poorest	1421	38.5	4778	33.2
Middle	1282	34.7	5504	38.2
Least poor	989	26.8	4028	28.0
Missinga	1	0.0	100	0.7
Slum residence
Korogocho	1886	51.1	7625	52.9
Viwandani	1807	48.9	6785	47.1
Total	3693		14,410

^aMissing values are exclused from the bivariate and multivariate analyses.