Table 2. Characteristics of Mexican preschoolers (ENSANUT-2012).

Variable	Mean (SD)a	n sampleb	%
Age (y)	3.06 (1.08)	1,112	---
Weight (kg)	14.1 (3.1)	1,112	---
Height (cm)	92.6 (9.5)	1,112	---
Age (y)
1−2		539	48.3
3−4		573	51.7
Gender
Female		587	48.8
Male		525	51.2
Nutritional status c
Adequate		864	80.6
Overweight		88	6.7
Stunting		149	11.9
Household head education level d
Higher education		245	25.5
High school		339	30.7
Up to elementary school		528	43.9
HWI e
High		378	39.4
Middle		363	32.9
Low		371	27.7
Region
North		212	19.2
Center and Mexico City		461	47.3
South		439	33.5
Area
Urban		671	70.3
Rural		441	29.7
Indigenous ethnicity
No		978	90.4
Yes		134	9.6
Beneficiary of social welfare programs f
No		604	32.3
Yes		325	50.6
No information		183	17.1

^a Mean (Standard Deviation)

^b n = 1,112 observations

^c Adequate (≥ -1 and ≤ +1 W/H Z-score) Overweight (> +2 W/H Z-score); Stunting (< -2 H/A Z-score)

^d Household Head (mother, father/grandparents)

^e HWI, Household Wealth Index.

^f Any person in the household being beneficiary of one or more of the following social welfare programs of the Mexican government: LICONSA, DIF, PAL.