Table 1.

Background characteristics of the study sample at entry and levels of stunting (n = 6858)

Characteristic	Number		Percentage
	Total	Stunted	Sample	Stunted
Overall	6858	3349	-	48.83
Child sex**
Male	3462	1858	50.48	53.67
Female	3396	1491	49.52	43.90
Food security**
Food secure	1930	823	28.14	42.64
Moderate	3432	1708	50.04	49.77
Food insecure	1496	818	21.81	54.68
Wealth index**
Poorest	2778	1466	40.51	52.77
Middle	2125	970	30.99	45.65
Least poor	1955	913	28.51	46.70
Mother education**
Incomplete primary/no education	1902	991	27.73	52.10
Completed primary	3251	1621	47.40	49.86
Secondary plus	1705	737	24.86	43.23
Birth weight**
Below 2500	346	166	5.05	47.98
2500 - 2900	1007	548	14.68	54.42
= > 3000	3817	1795	55.66	47.03
No birth weight record	1688	840	24.61	49.76
Breast feeding
Yes	72	41	1.05	56.94
Introduced to foods	6786	3308	98.95	48.75
Parity*
1	2097	962	30.58	45.88
2	2016	982	29.40	48.71
3	1227	606	17.89	49.39
4	683	346	9.96	50.66
5 plus	835	453	12.18	54.25
Study site**
Korogocho	3613	1894	52.68	52.42
Viwandani	3245	1455	47.32	44.84
HHH Education**
No education	291	151	4.24	51.89
Primary	4172	2117	60.83	50.74
Secondary & above	2393	1081	34.92	45.14
HHH sex
Female	1606	797	23.42	49.63
Male	5225	2552	76.58	48.59
Mean mother agea	6558		25.04 (5.92)	24.73(5.86)
Mean HHH agea	6558		34.49 (9.65)	33.92 (9.63)
Average HH sizea	6558		4.67 (1.98)	4.64 (1.90)

Significant at ^* p < 0.05; ^** p < 0.01 when testing difference in the proportion of children stunted by each variables; HH = Household; HHH = HH head; ^aMean and standard deviations reported