Table 2.
Selected socioeconomic characteristics of households overall and by country (n = 789)
| |
|
Overall
|
Bangladesh
|
Brazil
|
India
|
Nepal
|
Pakistan
|
Peru
|
South Africa
|
Tanzania
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | 789 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 99 | |
|
Wealth indicators |
Separate room for a kitchen |
50% |
10% |
87% |
23% |
73% |
27% |
85% |
74% |
21% |
| Household bank account |
31% |
23% |
21% |
10% |
62% |
39% |
15% |
76% |
2% |
|
| Mattress |
58% |
66% |
98% |
1% |
99% |
13% |
82% |
66% |
39% |
|
| Refrigerator |
31% |
12% |
88% |
3% |
24% |
27% |
21% |
78% |
0% |
|
| TV |
63% |
55% |
97% |
69% |
90% |
61% |
68% |
68% |
0% |
|
| People per room (mean) |
1.7 |
3.7 |
1.3 |
3.9 |
2.5 |
5.5 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
|
| Table |
57% |
29% |
86% |
21% |
65% |
50% |
100% |
74% |
33% |
|
| Chair or bench |
61% |
37% |
94% |
59% |
68% |
21% |
95% |
95% |
16% |
|
|
Education |
Mean maternal education (years) |
6.4 |
3.7 |
7.8 |
6.7 |
6.6 |
3.3 |
7.8 |
10.1 |
5.3 |
|
Hygiene |
Improved water source |
86% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
98% |
100% |
98% |
65% |
28% |
| Improved sanitation facility | 72% | 100% | 100% | 37% | 100% | 74% | 84% | 84% | 1% |
Wealth indicators are listed in terms of variable importance (highest to lowest) in predicting height-for-age Z-score, based on the random forests approach.