TABLE 2.
Agricultural activity, maternal and child nutritional status, and household dietary diversity1
| By household farming activity | By household livestock ownership | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full sample (n = 329) | Farming households (n = 203) | Nonfarming households (n = 126) | Livestock owners (n = 99) | Nonlivestock owners (n = 230) | |
| Nutrition and growth outcomes, % per outcome | |||||
| Children: stunting (HAZ<−2) | 39.2 | 35.5 | 45.2 | 38.4 | 39.6 |
| Children: underweight (WAZ<−2) | 18.2 | 16.8 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 17.0 |
| Women: underweight2 (BMI <18.5) | 2.2 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Women: overweight or obese2 (BMI >25) | 40.6 | 39.7 | 42.1 | 34.0 | 43.4 |
| Women: mild or moderate anemia2 (Hb < 12.3 g/dL) | 32.9 | 32.0 | 34.7 | 36.2 | 31.5 |
| Dietary diversity: women's consumption of individual food items (any consumption over 2-d recall period) | |||||
| Grains, white roots and tubers, and plantains, % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Pulses (beans, peas, and lentils), % | 32.8 | 29.66 | 38.2 | 25.7 | 36.0 |
| Nuts and seeds, % | 0.6 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Dairy, % | 27.9 | 26.3 | 30.5 | 33.3 | 25.5 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish, % | 9.6 | 8.9 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 10.0 |
| Eggs, % | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.7 |
| Dark green leafy vegetables, % | 39.5 | 46.0 | 29.0 | 41.9 | 38.5 |
| Other vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables, % | 17.2 | 13.6 | 22.9 | 11.4 | 19.7 |
| Other vegetables, % | 43.6 | 41.8 | 46.6 | 37.1 | 46.4 |
| Other fruits, % | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Woman's mean dietary diversity score | 4.06 | 4.02 | 4.11 | 4.08 | 4.05 |
1
BMI is in kg/m2. HAZ, height-for-age z score; Hb, hemoglobin; WAZ, weight-for-age z score.
2
Among women who were not reportedly currently pregnant.