Table 1.
Background characteristics of children and their families
| Mean (SD) age of child at enrolment | 13 (3) months |
| Proportion female | 63% |
| Mean (SD) anthropometric measurements | |
| Weight | 7.5 (0.8) kg |
| Length | 69.8 (3.9) cm |
| Weight‐for‐age z‐score | −2.6 (0.3) |
| Height‐for‐age z‐score | −1.8 (0.7) |
| Weight‐for‐height z‐score | −1.2 (0.9) |
| Mean (SD) age of mother | 26 (7) years |
| Mother’s occupation (%) | |
| Housewife/farmer | 75 |
| Small business owner | 19 |
| Other | 6 |
| Mother’s education (%) | |
| None | 6 |
| 1–3 years | 44 |
| 4–6 years | 19 |
| 7–9 years | 12 |
| 10 or more years | 19 |
| Father lives with family (%) | 50 |
| Mean (SD) number of household members | 5 (2) |
| Mean (SD) number of children < 5 years | 2 (1) |
| Mean (SD) birth order of study children | 4 (2) |