TABLE 2.

Differences in mean HADs between girl and boy indigenous children aged 6–17 and 18–29 mo, DHS data¹

Age and sex	n	Mean HAD	Girls minus boys, cm	P > t2	Difference of the differences	P > t2
6–17 mo					—	—
Girls	147	−5.14 ± 0.423	1.61 ± 0.50	<0.001
Boys	181	−6.75 ± 0.32
18–29 mo					—	—
Girls	158	−9.88 ± 0.48	0.35 ± 0.44	0.213
Boys	181	−10.23 ± 0.28
Difference of the differences	—	—	—	—	1.26	0.0440

¹DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; HAD, height-for-age difference.

²One-tailed test.

³Mean ± SE (all such values).