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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Educ Dev. 2014 Jan 1;34:90–97. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.07.003

Table 2.

Nutrition and Food Security Measures, Child and Sibling Samples, 2004

Child Sample
 Sibling Sample
 Full Sample
Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N
Height-for-Age Z −1.24 1.02 1,731 −1.16 1.23 710 −1.21 1.08 2,441
Weight-for-Age Z −1.33 1.10 1,716 −1.37 1.24 714 −1.34 1.14 2,430
Proportion Stunted 0.20 0.40 1,731 0.24 0.43 710 0.21 0.41 2,441
Proportion Severely Underweight 0.24 0.43 1,716 0.29 0.46 714 0.25 0.44 2,430
Proportion Food Insecure 0.07 0.26 1,866 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Food Insecurity Severity Index 0.00 0.70 1,866 --- --- --- --- --- ---

Source: Gansu Survey of Children and Families, 2004. Note: Stunting and wasting=<−2 Z score for height and for weight, respectively.