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. 2022 Oct 25;5(2):263–270. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000489

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population, overall and by SCOM (overweight mothers with at least one stunted child)

Variable Overall SCOM Non-SCOM
n (%) 48 807 (100) 5246 (10.44) 43 561 (89.56)
Mother’s age*, mean (±SD) 28.26 (±7.07) 30.20 (±7.06) 28.34 (±7.05)
Children’s ages*, mean (±SD) 1.99 (±1.27) 2.23 (±1.06) 2.01 (±1.27)
% of mother’s children who are girls*, mean (±SD) 48.33 (±0.47) 47.16 (±0.44) 48.70 (±0.47)
Mother working in last 12 months*, n (%)
 No 21 563 (43.59) 2478 (47.56) 19 085 (42.78)
 Yes 27 236 (56.41) 2767 (52.44) 24 469 (57.22)
Location of residency*, n (%)
 Urban 24 591 (55.87) 2066 (43.80) 22 525 (57.83)
 Rural 24 216 (44.13) 3180 (56.20) 21 036 (42.17)
Wealth index*, n (%)
 Poorest 13 871 (22.90) 1912 (31.81) 11.959 (21.31)
 Poorer 10 431 (21.50) 1447 (25.99) 10 431 (21.20)
 Middle 8731 (21.36) 1007 (21.77) 8731 (21.42)
 Richer 7237 (19.25) 595 (13.18) 7237 (20.17)
 Richest 5203 (14.98) 285 (7.25) 5203 (15.90)
Maternal education level*, n (%)
 No education/incomplete primary 16 542 (32.44) 2836 (54.13) 13 706 (29.15)
 Primary/incomplete secondary 18 236 (37.20) 1706 (31.72) 16 530 (37.44)
 Secondary 8195 (17.50) 442 (8.99) 7753 (19.40)
 Higher 5834 (12.86) 262 (5.15) 5572 (14.01)
Number of children below 5 years in household (0–11)*, mean (±SD) 1.42 (±0.78) 1.65 (±0.83) 1.42 (±0.72)
Husband living at home, n (%)
 No 4033 (11.00) 434 (9.38) 3599 (10.15)
 Yes 35 347 (89.00) 4107 (90.62) 31 240 (89.85)

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys.

*P<0.001 (according to X² test for the difference between SCOM and non-SCOM households), mean (±SD): weighted.

%, weighted percentage; n, unweighted total.