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. 2016 Jul;106(7):1301–1307. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303191

TABLE 2—

Household Variables According to Nutritional Status of Children and Mothers at Baseline: The Young Lives Study, Younger Cohort, Peru, 2006–2007

Children
Mothers
Variable Overall Normal Weight Overweight Obesity Pa Normal Weight Overweight Obesity Pa
Household location, no. 1949 1456 302 100 < .001 820 751 271 < .001
 Urban, % 69.4 66.8 72.5 86.0 61.3 73.6 85.6
 Rural, % 30.6 33.2 27.5 14.0 38.7 26.4 14.4
Household wealth index, no. 1949 1456 302 100 < .001 820 751 271 < .001
 Bottom, % 33.2 35.0 31.8 19.0 42.6 28.8 14.3
 Middle, % 33.5 35.0 30.1 15.0 30.4 35.7 41.0
 Top, % 33.3 30.0 38.1 66.0 27.0 35.5 44.7
Household food security, no. 1949 1456 302 100 .03 820 751 271 .25
 Food security, % 27.7 26.4 31.1 37.0 26.3 29.8 26.2
 Food insecurity, % 72.3 73.6 68.9 63.0 73.7 70.2 73.8
Community Kitchens 1949 1456 302 100 .37 820 751 271 .20
 No, % 85.9 85.5 87.1 91.0 86.6 86.7 81.2
 Yes, some months, % 9.8 10.2 8.3 8.0 8.9 9.2 13.3
 Yes, almost every month, % 4.3 4.3 4.6 1.0 4.5 4.1 5.5
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