Table 1.

Background characteristics of 118 women from Hargeisa city

	Mean	sd
Age (years)	30⋅2	12⋅6
Weight (kg)	60⋅4	13⋅6
Height (cm)	161⋅1	5⋅8
Household size (n)	8⋅6	3⋅1
Children 0–14 years in house (n)	3⋅3	2⋅3
	Median	IQR
Number of childbirths	2⋅5	0–8
	%	n
<22 years	37⋅3	44
22–34 years	29⋅7	35
≥35 years	33⋅1	39
BMI <18⋅5	16⋅1	19
BMI 18⋅5–24⋅99	48⋅3	57
BMI 25⋅0–29⋅99	27⋅1	32
BMI <30⋅0	8⋅5	10
Chronic health problem	45⋅8	54
One or two meals in the trial	12⋅7	15
Three or more meals in the trial	87⋅3	103
Never attended schoola	48⋅3	57
Divorced/widowed	8⋅5	10
Single	40⋅7	48
Married	50⋅8	60
Man head of household	69⋅5	82
Ahmed Dhagax district	20⋅3	24
M. Hayb/M Mooge distr.	29⋅7	35
Gacan Libaax distr.	0⋅0	0
26th June distr.	13⋅6	16
Ibrahim Koodbuur distr.	36⋅4	43
Hut	27⋅1	32
Iron sheet house	31⋅4	37
Cement/brick/stonehouse	41⋅5	49
Electricity in house	47⋅5	56
Total	100⋅0	118

IQR, Inter quartile range.

^aMinimum schooling defined as a 6 month full-time course or a successful literacy course.