TABLE 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of children in the 2003–2005 follow-up of the Hyderabad Nutrition Trial1
| Intervention group | Control group | |
| Child characteristics | ||
| Born in 1987 | 0.291 ± 0.455 (184) | 0.289 ± 0.454 (138) |
| Born in 1988 | 0.443 ± 0.497 (280) | 0.397 ± 0.49 (190) |
| Born in 1989 | 0.179 ± 0.383 (113) | 0.236 ± 0.425 (113) |
| Born in 1990 | 0.087 ± 0.282 (55) | 0.077 ± 0.268 (37) |
| Birth order | 2.922 ± 1.502 (632) | 3.086 ± 1.689 (478) |
| Male child | 0.531 ± 0.499 (336) | 0.538 ± 0.499 (257) |
| Social characteristics of household | ||
| Scheduled caste/scheduled tribe | 0.384 ± 0.487 (243) | 0.291 ± 0.455 (139) |
| Other backward caste | 0.486 ± 0.5 (307) | 0.569 ± 0.496 (272) |
| Religion other than Hindu | 0.033 ± 0.179 (20) | 0.059 ± 0.235 (28) |
| Standard of living | ||
| Wealth quintile 1 | 0.228 ± 0.42 (144) | 0.262 ± 0.44 (125) |
| Wealth quintile 2 | 0.162 ± 0.368 (102) | 0.155 ± 0.362 (74) |
| Wealth quintile 3 | 0.231 ± 0.422 (146) | 0.231 ± 0.422 (110) |
| Wealth quintile 4 | 0.182 ± 0.386 (115) | 0.195 ± 0.397 (93) |
| Wealth quintile 5 | 0.197 ± 0.398 (124) | 0.157 ± 0.364 (75) |
| Father’s education | ||
| Literate | 0.159 ± 0.366 (100) | 0.139 ± 0.346 (66) |
| Primary | 0.113 ± 0.316 (71) | 0.151 ± 0.359 (72) |
| Secondary and above | 0.098 ± 0.298 (62) | 0.126 ± 0.332 (60) |
| Mother’s education | ||
| Literate | 0.043 ± 0.203 (27) | 0.038 ± 0.191 (18) |
| Primary and above2 | 0.05 ± 0.217 (31) | 0.076 ± 0.265 (36) |
1
Values are mean proportion ± SD (n). All variables except birth order are binary. Intervention group includes children born during 1987–1990 in villages where the nutritional supplement was provided. Control group includes children born during 1987–1990 in the control villages.
2
Because very few mothers have a secondary or higher level of education, we combined them with the category “primary and above.”