Table 6.
Cognitive development among children and stunting
| Category | Cognitive merit of the child, n (%) | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below average | Average | Above average | ||||
| Stunting status | ||||||
| No stunting (222) | 4 (1.8) | 162 (73.0) | 56 (25.2) | 0.942 | ||
| Stunting (51) | 1 (2.0) | 38 (74.5) | 12 (23.5) | |||
| Category | Reading skills | P | ||||
| Cannot read | Read letters | Words | Paragraph | Story | ||
| Stunting status | ||||||
| No stunting (215) | 1 (0.5) | 15 (7.0) | 36 (16.7) | 71 (33.0) | 92 (42.8) | 0.240* |
| Stunting (49) | 2 (4.1) | 2 (4.1) | 8 (16.3) | 18 (36.7) | 19 (38.8) | |
| Category | Arithmetic skills | P | ||||
| Numbers | Subtractions | Division | ||||
| Stunting status | ||||||
| No stunting (214) | 52 (24.3) | 116 (54.2) | 46 (21.5) | 0.163 | ||
| Stunting (49) | 8 (16.3) | 34 (69.4) | 7 (14.3) | |||
| Category | Writing skills | P | ||||
| Cannot write | 1-2 mistakes | No mistakes | ||||
| Stunting status | 0.900* | |||||
| No stunting (207) | 13 (6.3) | 76 (36.7) | 118 (57.0) | |||
| Stunting (47) | 2 (4.3) | 18 (38.3) | 27 (57.4) | |||
*Fisher’s exact test. IHDS: India Human Development Survey