Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Childrena Aged 6–59 Months Added to the Analytical Sample at Each Wave From the Uganda National Panel Survey (n = 3,223), Uganda, 2009–2012
| Characteristic | 2009–2010 (n = 1,929) | 2010–2011 (n = 663) | 2011–2012 (n = 631) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | |
| Demographic | |||||||||
| Number of children aged <5 years | 1.9 (0.8) | 2.1 (0.9) | 2.0 (0.9) | ||||||
| Number of male adults in household | 1.2 (0.9) | 1.3 (1.0) | 1.3 (1.1) | ||||||
| Number of female adults in household | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.6 (1.0) | 1.7 (1.1) | ||||||
| Environmental | |||||||||
| Urban | 360 | 18.7 | 107 | 16.1 | 111 | 17.6 | |||
| Household self-reported drought/irregular rains in previous 12 months | 975 | 50.5 | 236 | 35.6 | 158 | 25.0 | |||
| Cumulative precipitation in previous 12 months, mm | 1,236.2 (222.7) | 1,375.0 (218.6) | 1,252.7 (246.0) | ||||||
| Deviation from 10-year annual precipitation, mm | −12.7 (101.2) | 123.3 (90.9) | 13.2 (105.5) | ||||||
| Among children aged 6–59 months | |||||||||
| Age, months | 31.8 (15.3) | 26.0 (15.6) | 22.3 (14.0) | ||||||
| Male sex | 983 | 50.1 | 359 | 54.1 | 303 | 48.0 | |||
| Weight-for-age z score | −0.8 (1.3) | −0.8 (1.4) | −0.7 (1.3) | ||||||
| Underweight | 290 | 15.0 | 85 | 12.8 | 99 | 15.7 | |||
| Weight-for-height z score | −0.0 (1.3) | 0.0 (1.6) | 0.0 (1.5) | ||||||
| Wasting | 98 | 5.1 | 40 | 6.0 | 36 | 5.7 | |||
| Height-for-age z score | −1.4 (1.7) | −1.4 (1.6) | −1.4 (1.7) | ||||||
| Stunting | 620 | 32.1 | 223 | 33.6 | 199 | 31.5 | |||
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a Children were included the first time they were observed. In the first wave, this included all children aged 6–59 months. In subsequent waves, this included only children who were born into or moved to survey households.