Table 2.
Percentage stunted among children aged 1–2 years, by mother’s and household characteristics
| Number of children aged 1–2 | Stunted (%) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | N | |||
| Mother’s age | ||||
| <30 years old | 72.7 | 1238 | 19.6 | * |
| 30 years or older | 27.3 | 466 | 25.3 | |
| Number of children in household | ||||
| 1–3 living children | 63.3 | 1158 | 19.4 | ** |
| 4+ living children | 37.7 | 546 | 24.9 | |
| Mother’s HIV status | *** | |||
| Positive | 4.6 | 1468 | 38.5 | |
| Negative | 86.1 | 78 | 21.0 | |
| Missing | 9.3 | 158 | 14.6 | |
| Experience of child death | ** | |||
| Yes | 17.5 | 299 | 29.1 | |
| No | 68.2 | 1162 | 19.4 | |
| Missing | 14.3 | 243 | 20.2 | |
| Mother’s education | * | |||
| None/Primary 1–5 | 13.8 | 235 | 26.4 | |
| Primary 6–8 | 59.6 | 1016 | 21.7 | |
| Secondary 1–3 | 19.6 | 333 | 18.3 | |
| Secondary 4/Higher | 5.2 | 89 | 10.1 | |
| Don’t know | 1.8 | 31 | 20.8 | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not married | 13.3 | 226 | 21.7 | |
| In monogamous union/unknown | 77.8 | 1325 | 20.6 | |
| In polygamous union | 7.6 | 130 | 26.1 | |
| Missing | 1.3 | 23 | 21.7 | |
| Asset index | ** | |||
| Poorest | 20.6 | 351 | 24.2 | |
| Poor | 20.0 | 341 | 23.2 | |
| Middle | 21.1 | 360 | 23.1 | |
| Rich | 18.7 | 319 | 19.7 | |
| Richest | 13.1 | 223 | 11.2 | |
| Missing | 6.5 | 110 | 23.6 | |
| Household size | ||||
| 1–4 people | 39.9 | 690 | 20.9 | |
| 5–6 people | 27.1 | 532 | 18.4 | |
| 7 or more | 31.6 | 458 | 24.9 | |
| Missing | 1.4 | 24 | 20.8 | |
| Main source of income: farming | ** | |||
| Yes | 74.2 | 1264 | 23.0 | |
| No | 23.0 | 393 | 15.5 | |
| Missing | 2.8 | 47 | 19.2 | |
| Salary employed | * | |||
| Yes | 10.0 | 170 | 13.5 | |
| No | 86.4 | 1472 | 22.1 | |
| Missing | 3.6 | 62 | 21.00 | |
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001