Table 1.
The household, mother, and child characteristics of the study population
| Characteristics | Mopti | Sikasso | P | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Characteristics | ||||
| N | 1764 | |||
| Months of inadequate household food provisioning, % | 0.001 | |||
| 0 month | 28.6 | 70.1 | 50.7 | |
| 1–3 months | 56.2 | 21.3 | 37.5 | |
| 4+ months | 15.3 | 8.7 | 11.8 | |
| Household food insecurity access score categories, % | 0.001 | |||
| Secure Food access | 12.5 | 33.2 | 23.6 | |
| Mildly secure food access | 8.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 | |
| Moderately insecure food access | 12.5 | 35.1 | 23.3 | |
| Severely insecure food access | 60.4 | 24.1 | 41.0 | |
| Household dietary diversity score, median (25th–75th percentiles) | 4.8 (4.6–4.9) | 5.0 (4.9–5.1) | 0.001 | 4.9 (4.8–5.0) |
| Household amenities score, median (25th–75th percentiles) | 0.47 (0.44–0.49) | 0.54 (0.51–0.57) | 0.001 | 0.50 (0.48–0.52) |
| Educational level of the father, % | 0.001 | |||
| None | 82.8 | 68.0 | 74.9 | |
| Literate | 5.0 | 15.5 | 10.6 | |
| Primary or more | 7.2 | 13.1 | 10.4 | |
| Other | 5.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | |
| Fence around the household, % | 71.5 | 33.8 | 0.001 | 51.4 |
| The household own livestock, % | 37.8 | 32.9 | 0.04 | 35.2 |
| The household owns a toilet facility, % | 77.2 | 87.6 | 0.001 | 82.7 |
| Trash dump/bin outside the household, % | 77.2 | 87.6 | 0.001 | 82.7 |
| Mothers’ Characteristics | ||||
| N | 1764 | |||
| Mean age (95% CI), years | 27.2 (26.7–27.6) | 27.6 (27.1–28.0) | 27.3 (27.1–27.8) | |
| Age classes, % | 0.60 | |||
| < 24 | 35.8 | 36.9 | 36.4 | |
| 25–34 | 46.6 | 44.2 | 45.3 | |
| 35+ | 17.6 | 18.9 | 18.3 | |
| Occupation, % | 0.001 | |||
| Housewife | 85.7 | 61.9 | 72.8 | |
| Farmer | 12.1 | 32.6 | 23.2 | |
| Other | 2.2 | 5.5 | 4.0 | |
| Educational level, % | 0.001 | |||
| None | 93.4 | 81.4 | 86.9 | |
| Literate | 5.6 | 17.3 | 12.0 | |
| Primary or more | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
| Number of children alive, % | 0.10 | |||
| 1–2 | 35.5 | 36.0 | 33.9 | |
| 3–4 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 31.3 | |
| 5+ | 37.1 | 32.8 | 34.8 | |
| Vegetable intakes, days per week, % | 0.001 | |||
| < 1 | 13.3 | 7.7 | 10.3 | |
| 1–3 | 63.6 | 54.9 | 58.9 | |
| 4+ | 23.1 | 37.3 | 30.8 | |
| Children’ Characteristics | ||||
| N | 1815 | |||
| Mean age (95% CI), months | 13.9 (13.6–14.3) | 14.7 (14.3–15.0) | 0.004 | 14.3 (14.1–14.6) |
| Age group (months), % | 0.05 | |||
| 6–11 | 36.2 | 33.2 | 34.6 | |
| 12–17 | 36.7 | 34.2 | 35.3 | |
| 18–24 | 27.1 | 32.6 | 30.1 | |
| Sex of child, % | 0.46 | |||
| Boy | 52.0 | 53.8 | 53.0 | |
| Girl | 48.0 | 46.2 | 47.0 | |
| Child born at term, % | 0.001 | |||
| < 37 weeks | 14.8 | 2.1 | 7.9 | |
| ≥ 37 weeks | 85.2 | 97.9 | 92.1 | |
| The child is still breastfed, % | 90.2 | 87.0 | 0.04 | 88.5 |
| Deworming therapy during the last 6 months, % | 66.0 | 59.7 | 0.001 | 62.6 |
| Diarrhea during the past 2 weeks, % | 47.3 | 34.2 | 0.001 | 40.2 |
| Fever during the last 2 weeks, % | 53.1 | 44.5 | 0.001 | 48.5 |
| Coughing during the last 2 weeks | 35.3 | 28.7 | 0.001 | 31.7 |
| IDDS class | 0.71 | |||
| 0–4 | 96.4 | 96.7 | 96.6 | |
| 4+ | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | |
The significance level was set at 0.05 for all the tests
IDDS Individual dietary diversity score