Table 3.
Distribution of maternal, child, and household characteristics by the 7 anthropometric failures at baseline.
| Indicators | Overall n (%) |
No Failure (A) n = 307 (%) |
Stunted Only (F) n = 54 (%) |
Underweight (Y) n = 55 (%) |
Wasted Only (B) n = 110 (%) |
Stunted and Underweight (E) n = 278 (%) |
Wasted and Underweight (C) n = 370 (%) |
Stunted, Wasted, and Underweight (D) n = 257 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child characteristics | ||||||||
| Sex (male) | 822 (57.4) | 127 (41.4) | 41 (75.9) | 24 (43.6) | 64 (58.2) | 177 (63.7) | 212 (57.3) | 177 (68.9) |
| Age in months | ||||||||
| 2–11 | 868 (60.7) | 211 (68.7) | 40 (74.1) | 45 (81.8) | 77 (70) | 184 (66.2) | 211 (57.0) | 100 (38.9) |
| 12–24 | 563 (39.3) | 96 (31.3) | 14 (25.9) | 10 (18.2) | 33 (30) | 94 (33.8) | 159 (43) | 157 (61.1) |
| Breastfeeding | ||||||||
| Breastfed | 1346 (94.1) | 285 (92.8) | 50 (92.6) | 52 (94.6) | 105 (95.5) | 258 (92.8) | 354 (95.7) | 242 (94.2) |
| Non-breastfed | 85 (5.9) | 22 (7.2) | 4 (7.4) | 3 (5.5) | 5 (4.6) | 20 (7.2) | 16 (4.3) | 15 (5.8) |
| Maternal characteristics | ||||||||
| Maternal Age in years | ||||||||
| <18 y | 32 (2.2) | 4 (1.3) | 3 (5.6) | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 7 (2.5) | 8 (2.2) | 9 (3.5) |
| 18–29 y | 1089 (76.1) | 234 (76.2) | 46 (85.2) | 13 (78.2) | 74 (67.3) | 212 (76.3) | 286 (77.3) | 194 (75.5) |
| >30 | 310 (21.7) | 69 (22.5) | 5 (9.3) | 12 (21.8) | 35 (31.8) | 59 (21.2) | 76 (20.5) | 54 (21.0) |
| Maternal underweight | ||||||||
| Yes | 263 (18.4) | 40 (13.0) | 7 (13) | 11 (20) | 16 (14.6) | 55 (19.8) | 73 (19.7) | 61 (23.7) |
| No | 1168 (81.6) | 267 (87) | 47 (87.0) | 44 (80) | 94 (85.5) | 223 (80.2) | 297 (80.3) | 196 (76.3) |
| Maternal education | ||||||||
| Illiterate (0) | 270 (19) | 57 (18.6) | 18 (34) | 8 (14.6) | 13 (11.8) | 63 (22.7) | 59 (16) | 52 (20.5) |
| Below primary (<5) | 194 (13.6) | 41 (13.4) | 12 (22.6) | 10 (18.2) | 74 (12.7) | 45 (16.2) | 42 (11.4) | 30 (11.8) |
| Primary and above (≥5) | 961 (67.4) | 208 (68) | 23 (43.4) | 37 (67.3) | 83 (75.5) | 169 (61.0) | 269 (72.7) | 172 (67.7) |
| Parity | ||||||||
| Two | 1120 (78.5) | 239 (78.1) | 42 (79.3) | 41 (74.6) | 86 (78.2) | 212 (76.3) | 301 (81.4) | 199 (78.0) |
| >Two | 307 (21.5) | 67 (21.9) | 11 (20.8) | 14 (25.5) | 24 (21.8) | 66 (23.7) | 69 (18.7) | 56 (22) |
| Number of under 5 children in household | ||||||||
| One | 1195 (83.5) | 251 (81.8) | 43 (79.6) | 45 (81.8) | 95 (86.4) | 223 (80.2) | 324 (87.6) | 214 (83.3) |
| Two | 221 (15.4) | 52 (17) | 10 (18.5) | 10 (18.2) | 15 (13.6) | 50 (18) | 43 (11.6) | 41 (16) |
| Three and more | 15 (1.1) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (1.9) | 0 | 0 | 5 (1.8) | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.8) |
| Health care-seeking decisions taken | ||||||||
| By herself | 1170 (81.8) | 247 (80.5) | 12 (22.2) | 47 (85.5) | 92 (83.6) | 217 (78.1) | 315 (85.1) | 210 (81.7) |
| others | 261 (18.2) | 60 (19.5) | 42 (77.8) | 8 (14.6) | 18 (16.4) | 61 (21.9) | 55 (14.9) | 47 (18.3) |
| Household characteristics | ||||||||
| Improved toilet facility | ||||||||
| Sewer | 1101 (77.1) | 237 (77.5) | 8 (14.8) | 43 (79.6) | 84 (76.4) | 206 (74.1) | 294 (79.5) | 191 (74.6) |
| non-sewer | 327 (22.9) | 69 (22.6) | 46 (85.2) | 11 (20.4) | 26 (23.6) | 72 (25.9) | 76 (20.5) | 65 (25.4) |
| Drinking water | ||||||||
| Piped | 1289 (90.1) | 282 (91.9) | 10 (18.5) | 48 (87.3) | 102 (92.7) | 249 (89.6) | 331 (89.5) | 233 (90.7) |
| Others | 142 (9.9) | 25 (8.1) | 44 (48.6) | 7 (12.7) | 8 (7.3) | 29 (10.4) | 39 (10.5) | 24 (9.3) |
| Type of floor | ||||||||
| Cemented | 1367 (95.5) | 295 (96.1) | 3 (5.6) | 2 (3.6) | 107 (97.3) | 256 (92.1) | 358 (96.8) | 247 (96.1) |
| Non-cemented | 64 (4.5) | 12 (3.9) | 51 (94.4) | 53 (96.4) | 3 (2.7) | 22 (7.9) | 12 (3.2) | 10 (3.9) |