Table 3.

Family size and childhood growth

Number of children < 18	N	Mean age	Mean Height for Age Z-Score	Mean Weight for Age Z-Score
One	1384	2.422	−0.593	−0.467
Two	2498	2.642	−0.583	−0.381
Three	1947	2.971	−0.729	−0.495
Four	1274	3.103	−0.799	−0.557
Five	791	3.042	−0.919	−0.622
Six	432	3.136	−1.022	−0.649
Seven	271	3.009	−1.087	−0.727
Eight	140	2.894	−0.843	−0.456
Nine	81	2.939	−1.224	−0.750
Ten +	94	2.927	−0.714	−0.558
Total	8912	2.826	−0.725	−0.496