TABLE 2.
Indicators available for quantitative data analysis
| Level, domain, and subdomain | Indicators |
|---|---|
| Proximal | |
| Inadequate dietary intake domain | |
| Breastfeeding | Duration of breastfeeding |
| Micronutrient supplementation | Vitamin A supplementation, MNPs where applicable |
| Dietary markers | Consumption of grains, legumes, dairy, flesh foods, eggs, vitamin A–rich fruits and vegetables, other fruits and vegetables, minimum dietary diversity1 |
| Disease domain | |
| Diarrhea and acute respiratory infection | Diarrhea and acute respiratory infection |
| Intermediate | |
| Household food insecurity domain | |
| Food security | Altitude, daily intake of calories, total consumable crop yield |
| Inadequate care and lack of health services domain | |
| Maternal and newborn care | SBA, ANC4+ |
| Health infrastructure | Health workers per 10k population; health facilities per 10k population |
| Care seeking for childhood illness | ORT, care seeking for pneumonia |
| Unhealthy household environment domain | |
| Reduction in household crowding | Number of household members |
| Water, sanitation, and hygiene | Open defecation, access to piped water source, improved water source, improved sanitation |
| Distal | |
| Income poverty domain | |
| Education | Mother years of education, father years of education |
| Economic empowerment | Asset index, poverty line |
| Proximal | |
| Intergenerational transfer domain | |
| Fertility, early or old age pregnancy | Parity, interpregnancy interval, maternal age, adolescent birth, older mother birth |
| Maternal nutritional status, intrauterine growth | Maternal height, maternal BMI, anemia, low birth weight |
1
These indicators were only available for 6–23 mo in DHS surveys. ANC4+, ≥4 antenatal care visits/services among pregnant women; DHS, demographic and health survey; MNP, micronutrient powders; ORT, oral rehydration therapy; SBA, skilled birth attendance.