Undernourished | Not undernourished | |||||
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Total | Stunted | Wasted | Underweight | Total | P value* | |
Prevalencea | 55 % | 51 % | 5 % | 13 % | 45 % | |
Child age (months)b | 24 (15–36) | 24 (17–36) | 24 (12–40) | 24 (14–36) | 18 (12–36) | 0.01 |
Sex of child = Female | 48 % | 47 % | 48 % | 40 % | 54 % | 0.19 |
Zone = Rural | 80 % | 79 % | 92 % | 91 % | 78 % | 0.56 |
Religion (2 % missing) | 0.01 | |||||
Catholic | 53 % | 53 % | 54 % | 54 % | 54 % | |
Evangelical and Pentecostal | 17 % | 17 % | 10 % | 18 % | 19 % | |
Protestant | 16 % | 17 % | 13 % | 15 % | 7 % | |
Muslim | 7 % | 6 % | 15 % | 4 % | 13 % | |
Non-Christian Eastern Religions | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | |
Other Christian | 5 % | 5 % | 0 % | 7 % | 6 % | |
Other | 2 % | 2 % | 8 % | 3 % | 1 % | |
Years of education completed (female head of house) | 0.53 | |||||
0 | 32 % | 32 % | 32 % | 37 % | 32 % | |
1–7 years | 60 % | 59 % | 68 % | 62 % | 57 % | |
8–10 years | 4 % | 4 % | 0 % | 0 % | 7 % | |
11 or more years | 4 % | 4 % | 0 % | 1 % | 4 % | |
Marital status (female head of house) | 0.26 | |||||
Married/Common Law | 69 % | 68 % | 75 % | 69 % | 65 % | |
Divorced/Separated | 3 % | 3 % | 0 % | 4 % | 2 % | |
Widowed | 2 % | 2 % | 2 % | 1 % | 2 % | |
Single | 26 % | 27 % | 23 % | 26 % | 32 % | |
Household size | 0.21 | |||||
2 | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % | 0 % | 3 % | |
3–5 | 61 % | 60 % | 78 % | 66 % | 63 % | |
6 or more | 38 % | 39 % | 20 % | 34 % | 34 % | |
Family income (Meticais/month) (34 % missing) | 300 (150–700) | 300 (150–700) | 300 (150–900) | 300 (150–900) | 150 (150–700) | 0.40 |
Household Dietary Diversity Score | 7 (5–9) | 7 (5–9) | 8 (6–8) | 7 (5–8) | 8 (5–10) | 0.40 |
Exclusive breastfeeding (6 months) (44 % missing) | 55 % | 55 % | 51 % | 49 % | 52 % | 0.57 |
Introduction of other foods (≥6 months) (45 % missing) | 62 % | 61 % | 71 % | 60 % | 59 % | 0.55 |
Child received vitamin A supplement | 36 % | 34 % | 47 % | 34 % | 40 % | 0.35 |
Child had diarrheal illness in last 30 days (2 % missing) | 23 % | 22 % | 31 % | 24 % | 21 % | 0.63 |
No food sometime in last 4 weeks (6 % missing) | 29 % | 27 % | 46 % | 26 % | 33 % | 0.30 |
Mother washed hands with soap on previous day (10 % missing) | 72 % | 71 % | 82 % | 68 % | 74 % | 0.55 |
Family uses safe water source (i.e. not river) | 84 % | 84 % | 88 % | 85 % | 77 % | 0.07 |