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. 2015 Jun 9;18(17):3172–3182. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015001640

Means or proportions and standard deviations of variables and sample size by country-time unit

Country-time unit
BO-1994 BO-1999 BO-2003 BO-2008 BR-1996 CO-1995 CO-2005 CO-2010 DO-1991 DO-1996 GT-1995
Variable Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd
Mother’s overweight(BMI≥25·0 kg/m2=1) 0·356 0·479 0·462 0·499 0·488 0·500 0·527 0·499 0·339 0·473 0·414 0·493 0·402 0·490 0·458 0·498 0·276 0·447 0·363 0·481 0·318 0·466
Education (years of schooling) 5·488 4·491 6·010 4·537 6·876 4·609 7·888 4·786 5·768 3·755 6·707 3·904 7·913 4·064 8·410 4·034 6·974 4·534 7·045 4·537 2·489 3·403
Wealth (factor score) 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000
Age (years) 28·587 7·067 29·842 7·327 29·233 7·365 29·033 7·361 27·822 6·720 28·073 6·681 27·785 6·875 27·686 7·021 26·951 6·297 26·848 6·425 28·854 7·522
Pregnancy (yes=1) 0·112 0·315 0·088 0·284 0·077 0·267 0·075 0·263 0·076 0·265 0·083 0·275 0·058 0·234 0·054 0·226 0·118 0·322 0·107 0·309 0·135 0·342
Urbanicity (yes=1) 0·535 0·499 0·555 0·497 0·579 0·494 0·546 0·498 0·764 0·425 0·679 0·467 0·718 0·450 0·661 0·474 0·600 0·490 0·555 0·497 0·252 0·434
NT status (% of animal fats and sugar/sweeteners) 24·770 24·030 24·670 25·577 30·201 28·050 27·408 26·389 23·370 25·873 21·092
GDP per capita (constant 2000 US dollars) 927·000 1007·000 1020·000 1182·000 3628·000 2593·000 2785·000 3233·000 1831·000 2286·000 1587·000
Urbanization (% of urban population) 59·000 61·000 63·000 66·000 78·000 71·000 74·000 75·000 56·000 58·000 43·000
Sample size 3075 4788 7325 6429 3761 3824 11 634 14 492 2726 3154 6065
GT-1999 HT-1995 HT-2000 HT-2006 HN-2006 NI-1998 NI-2001 PE-1992 PE-1996 PE-2000 PE-2008
Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd Mean or proportion sd
Mother’s overweight(BMI≥25·0 kg/m2=1) 0·410 0·492 0·122 0·327 0·230 0·421 0·224 0·417 0·434 0·496 0·391 0·488 0·445 0·497 0·398 0·489 0·429 0·495 0·458 0·498 0·505 0·500
Education (years of schooling) 2·811 3·453 2·578 3·488 2·915 3·607 3·789 3·937 5·422 4·255 4·895 3·964 5·047 4·208 6·450 4·155 6·284 4·262 7·445 4·444 8·296 4·387
Wealth (factor score) 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000 0·000 1·000
Age (years) 28·529 7·541 29·819 7·282 30·225 7·736 29·817 7·633 29·947 7·152 27·501 7·192 27·300 7·189 29·349 7·086 29·296 7·208 29·283 7·261 29·454 7·265
Pregnancy (yes=1) 0·123 0·329 0·150 0·357 0·125 0·331 0·096 0·294 0·074 0·261 0·080 0·272 0·068 0·252 0·100 0·300 0·076 0·265 0·062 0·240 0·058 0·234
Urbanicity (yes=1) 0·263 0·441 0·399 0·490 0·322 0·467 0·388 0·487 0·334 0·472 0·481 0·500 0·470 0·499 0·623 0·485 0·558 0·497 0·491 0·500 0·539 0·499
NT status (% of animal fats and sugar/sweeteners) 22·063 15·060 15·303 16·129 25·690 22·809 22·954 21·014 15·513 15·431 14·528
GDP per capita (constant 2000 US dollars) 1697·000 411·000 424·000 385·000 1354·000 719·000 787·000 1628·000 1993·000 2061·000 2962·000
Urbanization (% of urban population) 45·000 33·000 36·000 46·000 49·000 54·000 55·000 70·000 71·000 73·000 76·000
Sample size 3030 2273 4348 4237 8082 5824 5088 6335 12 403 10 499 13 866

NT, nutrition transition; GDP, gross domestic product; BO, Bolivia; BR, Brazil; CO, Colombia; DO, Dominican Republic; GT, Guatemala; HT, Haiti; HN, Honduras; NI, Nicaragua; PE, Peru.