Table 2.

Socio-demographic and health characteristics of the samples

LBWSAT				National AHS III*
	n	Median†, mean‡ or %	25th, 75th centile		n	Median†, mean‡ or %	25th, 75th percentiles or (se)
Age				Age
Pregnant women†	150	21	19, 24	Women 15–49 years	5443	28	21, 36
Mothers-in-law†	150	50	44, 56	Children 5–12 years	3346	9	7, 11
Male HH heads†	150	39	25, 56
Caste group	150
Disadvantaged§		35·3 %
Middle‖		42·7 %
Least disadvantaged¶		22·0 %
Maternal education	150			Maternal education
No schooling		56·1 %		Ability to read (%)	4360	49·6 %
Primary class 1–8		27·0 %		Education grade	4360	3·4	(0·2)
Secondary class 9 and above		16·9 %
Male education	147			Male education
No schooling		42·2 %		Ability to read (%)	4360	68·6 %
Primary class 1 to 8		29·9 %		Education grade	4360	5	(0·1)
Secondary class 9 and above		27·9 %
Overseas migration	128
Any household member		46·1 %
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale	134
Any food insecurity**		30·6 %
Minimum dietary diversity††	150
Pregnant women		58·0 %
Mothers-in-law		59·3 %
Male HH heads		62·0 %
Low mid-upper arm circumference (<23 cm)	150
Pregnant women		40·0 %
Mothers-in-law		35·3 %
Male HH heads		14·0 %

AHS III, the third Nepal Annual Household Survey; LBWSAT, Low Birth Weight South Asia Trial; Male HH heads, male household heads.

^*Estimates after applying sampling weights.

^†Median 25th and 75th percentiles.

^‡Mean and se.

^§Disadvantaged: Dalit and Muslim.

^‖Middle: Janjati/other Terai castes.

^¶Least disadvantaged: Yadav, Brahmin.

^**Food security recall in the past 4 weeks.

^††Adequate dietary diversity ≥5 out of ten food groups.