Table 5.

Child anthropometry (HAZ & BMI-Z) in relation to Household Food Expenditures, by Country.

	HAZ				BMI-Z
	Coefficient	p value	Coefficient	p value	Coefficient	p value	Coefficient	p value
Ethiopia
Model R2	0.0624		0.0656		0.203		0.207
Age 8y	0.254	<0.001	0.256	<0.001	−0.66	<0.001	−0.652	<0.001
Age 12y	−0.009	0.80	−0.003	0.94	−1.2	<0.01	−1.19	<0.001
Total food expendituresa	0.228	<0.001	0.093	0.15	0.102	<0.001	−0.113	0.07
HFGEIa			0.067	0.03			0.108	<0.001
Dietary diversitya			0.037	0.05			0.033	0.08
Rural	−0.393	<0.001	−0.363	<0.001	−0.224	<0.001	−0.187	<0.001
Female			0.073	0.01			−0.073	<0.01
India
Model R2	0.066		0.076		0.032		0.037
Age 8y	0.184	<0.001	0.174	<0.001	−0.235	<0.001	−0.23	<0.001
Age 12y	0.198	<0.001	0.207	<0.001	−0.185	<0.001	−0.204	<0.001
Total food expenditure	0.232	<0.001	−0.067	0.27	0.183	<0.001	0.15	0.04
HFGEI			0.141	<0.001			0.023	0.46
Dietary diversity			0.071	<0.001			−0.048	0.04
Rural	−0.509	<0.001	−0.487	<0.001	−0.394	<0.001	−0.399	<0.001
Female			0.094	0.001			0.155	<0.001
Peru
Model R2	0.093		0.095		0.034		0.053
Age 8y	0.212	<0.001	0.165	0.003	−0.223	<0.001	−0.187	<0.001
Age 12y	0.337	<0.001	0.325	<0.001	−0.23	<0.001	−0.208	<0.001
Total food expenditure	0.117	<0.001	0.094	0.01	0.061	<0.001	0.108	<0.001
HFGEI			0.016	0.68			−0.047	0.06
Dietary diversity			0.075	0.005			−0.047	<0.01
Rural	−0.903	<0.001	−0.883	<0.001	−0.363	<0.001	−0.361	<0.001
Female			0.025	0.56			−0.272	<0.001
Vietnam
Model R2	0.1437		0.159		0.109		0.117
Age 8y	0.165	<0.001	0.141	<0.001	−0.439	<0.001	−0.44	<0.001
Age 12y	0.161	<0.001	0.228	<0.001	−0.434	<0.001	−0.461	<0.001
Total food expenditure	0.234	<0.001	0.147	<0.001	0.169	<0.001	0.064	0.05
HFGEI			0.065	0.033			0.133	<0.001
Dietary diversity			0.149	<0.001			0	0.99
Rural	0.514	<0.001	−0.479	<0.001	−0.628	<0.001	−0.631	<0.001
Female			0.034	0.21			−0.188	<0.001

^aTotal Food Expenditures, Household Food Group Expenditure Index and dietary diversity are standardized in units of standard deviation.