Patterns of Stunting and Wasting: Potential Explanatory Factors

Table 1.

Weighted descriptive statistics for selected household, maternal and child characteristics1

India Guatemala
N Mean ± SE (%) N Mean ± SE (%)
Household
 Residence, % rural 41,306 75.3 10,317 63.2
 Wealth Index, % 41,306 10,317
  1 (poorest) 7259 25.0 3356 30.5
  2 (poorer) 7532 22.2 2459 23.5
  3 (middle) 8615 20.2 1965 19.6
  4 (richer) 9233 18.4 1676 17.0
  5 (richest) 8667 14.3 861 9.3
Mother
 BMI,2 kg/m2 37,382 19.8 ± 0.0 9302 25.6 ± 0.1
  <18.5 40.3 1.5
  >30 1.2 14.7
 Height, cm 41,072 151.6 ± 0.0 10,286 147.7 ± 0.1
  <150 38.8 67.5
 Age (at first birth), y 41,306 19.3 ± 0.0 10,312 19.3 ± 0.1
  918 45.2 48.4
 Preceding birth interval,3 mo 28,127 36.0 ± 0.2 7907 41.9 ± 0.6
  <24 26.6 43.6
 Anemic nonpregnant women, % 35,338 60.7 9320 22.6
 Anemic pregnant women, % 3116 61.6 833 29.7
Child
 Male 41,306 52.3 10,317 50.19
 Height for age Z-score 41,306 −1.9 ± 0.0 10,317 −1.9 ± 0.0
  <−1 72.3 76.8
  <−2 48.0 47.9
 Weight for height Z-score 41,306 −1.0 ± 0.0 10,317 0.4 ± 0.0
  <−1 49.6 7.7
  <−2 19.8 1.1
 Anemic children, %4 34,285 69.3 8899 45.4
 Age distribution, mo 41,306 10,317
  0–5 3346 8.3 1031 10.7
  6–11 4216 10.2 959 9.2
  12–17 4224 10.1 1060 11.0
  18–23 4063 10.0 1001 9.8
  24–35 8422 20.0 2020 19.4
  36–47 8597 20.7 1997 19.1
  +48 8438 20.7 2249 21.0

  • ↵1 Primary sample defined as children who had valid height and weight measurements. Values are weighted mean ± SE (%) or percentage. The sample sizes are unweighted.

  • ↵2 Excludes pregnant women.

  • ↵3 Excludes cases without a previous birth.

  • ↵4 Children between 6 and 59 mo old.

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