Table 1.

Household, maternal and infant characteristics

Household characteristics (n = 97)
Male head of household (HOH) (%)	97
HOH has some formal education	47
Land size >5000 m2 (%)	54
Corrugated iron roof (not thatch) (%)	18
Household sanitary facilities (%)	55
Four or more children in family (%)	56
Own cows (%)	62
Mother owns umbrella (%)	22
Maternal characteristics (n = 96)*
Height (cm)	156.2 ± 5.7
Proportion of mothers with height <145 cm	3/96 (3%)
Weight (kg)	48.4 ± 5.3
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2)	19.9 ± 1.8
Proportion of mothers with BMI < 18.5 kg/m2	23/96 (24%)
Infant/child characteristics (n = 97)
Mean age (months)	13.3 ± 5.1
Proportion of male children	52/97 (54%)
Mean height‐for‐age Z‐score	−1.91 ± 1.55
Proportion fully or partially immunized	65/97 (67%)

^* One mother was absent when maternal anthropometric measurements were taken.