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Table 8 Descriptive analysis of the outcome and exposure variables

From: Unraveling the South Asian enigma: concurrent manifestations of child anthropometric failures and their determinants in selected South Asian countries

Variables

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Std. Dev.

Skewness

Interquartile range

Kurtosis

ECIAF

59.36

72

40.5

7.04

-0.08

10

3.00

Dependency ratio

68.39

89.37

48.95

11.63

0.23

18.20

2.08

Household size

6.91

9.33

4.71

1.54

0.28

3

1.54

Female Literacy rate

42.58

71.18

16.4

13.61

0.12

24

2.16

Prevalence of undernourishment

17.29

59.30

10.8

5.35

5.63

3.50

44.86

Anemia in children

60.74

77.10

40.3

8.66

-0.32

12

2.76

Air pollution

63.84

95.24

51.64

10.29

1.01

14.48

3.56

Unimproved sanitation

23.11

47.85

2.14

14.96

0.05

30

1.59

Political stability

0.622

0.85

0.41

0.12

0.32

0.23

2.22