Table 2.

Associations between sociodemographic information of mothers with babies who were stunted and mothers with babies who were not stunted at 6 weeks.

Variables	Stunted	Not stunted	95% CI for med or % diff	Relative risk (RR)	95% CI for RR
Median age of mother at 6 weeks (IQR)	27 (22–32)	26 (21–31)	0; 2
Married (%)	45.3	44.8	−7.7; 9.0
Afrikaans speaking (%)	58.2	50.3	−0.5; 16.1	1.35	1.0; 1.8
Median level of education (IQR)	10 (9–12)	11 (10–12)	−1; 0
Permanent salary as main source of income (%)	38.8	46.0	−15.1; 1.3	0.79	0.6; 1.0
Piped water in house (%)	42.0	46.2	−12.4; 4.3	0.91	0.7; 1.2
Formal housing, not RDP (%)	40.0	51.7	−19.7; −3.2*	0.68	0.5; 0.9*
Toilet inside house (%)	42.9	46.2	−11.4; 5.2	0.9	0.7; 1.3
Dependent on a grant (%)	51.7	40.0	−19.7; −3.2*	1.2	1.0; 1.6
Food insecure	25.9	21.6	−2.6; 12.0	1.2	0.9; 1.6
Mother younger than 19 years (%)	10.0	10.3	−4.8; 5.5	0.97	0.6; 1.5

^*Statistically significant difference.