Table 1.
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