Undernourished | Not undernourished | |||||
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Total | Stunted | Wasted | Underweight | Total | P value* | |
Prevalencea | 43 % | 39 % | 7 % | 13 % | 57 % | |
Child age (months)b | 36 (23–48) | 24 (12–36) | 24 (10–36) | 36 (15–48) | 36 (16–36) | 0.45 |
Sex of child = Female | 52 % | 51 % | 44 % | 54 % | 47 % | 0.50 |
Zone = Rural | 80 % | 78 % | 97 % | 89 % | 77 % | 0.57 |
Religion (5 % missing) | 0.17 | |||||
Catholic | 36 % | 32 % | 55 % | 46 % | 44 % | |
Evangelical and Pentecostal | 30 % | 32 % | 10 % | 14 % | 18 % | |
Protestant | 15 % | 17 % | 10 % | 23 % | 18 % | |
Muslim | 4 % | 4 % | 14 % | 7 % | 5 % | |
Non-Christian Eastern Religions | 4 % | 4 % | 0 % | 0 % | 2 % | |
Other Christian | 5 % | 5 % | 4 % | 5 % | 4 % | |
Other | 5 % | 5 % | 8 % | 5 % | 9 % | |
Years of education completed (female head of house) | 0.23 | |||||
0 | 47 % | 48 % | 42 % | 51 % | 45 % | |
1–7 years | 50 % | 48 % | 58 % | 42 % | 46 % | |
8–10 years | 4 % | 4 % | 0 % | 7 % | 7 % | |
11 or more years | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 2 % | |
Marital status (female head of house) | 0.50 | |||||
Married/Common Law | 76 % | 76 % | 82 % | 88 % | 82 % | |
Divorced/Separated | 3 % | 2 % | 4 % | 5 % | 4 % | |
Widowed | 15 % | 3 % | 1 % | 1 % | 12 % | |
Single | 5 % | 16 % | 9 % | 6 % | 3 % | |
Household size | 0.16 | |||||
2 | 1 % | 1 % | 0 % | 1 % | 2 % | |
3–5 | 55 % | 55 % | 54 % | 51 % | 47 % | |
6 or more | 44 % | 44 % | 46 % | 48 % | 51 % | |
Family income (Meticais/month) (7 % missing) | 300 (0-900) | 300 (0-900) | 300 (150-300) | 300 (150-500) | 150 (150-700) | 0.06 |
Household Dietary Diversity Score | 7 (5–10) | 7 (5–10) | 5 (4–9) | 6 (4–9) | 7 (5–10) | 0.21 |
Exclusive breastfeeding (6 months) (9 % missing) | 45 % | 46 % | 22 % | 28 % | 33 % | 0.03 |
Introduction of other foods (≥6 months) (10 % missing) | 56 % | 56 % | 33 % | 40 % | 44 % | 0.05 |
Child received vitamin A supplement (40 % missing) | 71 % | 73 % | 66 % | 60 % | 70 % | 0.89 |
Child had diarrheal illness in last 30 days (1 % missing) | 32 % | 33 % | 30 % | 31 % | 34 % | 0.81 |
No food sometime in last 4 weeks (1 % missing) | 32 % | 31 % | 34 % | 40 % | 37 % | 0.52 |
Mother washed hands with soap on previous day (6 % missing) | 70 % | 71 % | 51 % | 53 % | 73 % | 0.63 |
Family uses safe water source (i.e. not river) | 79 % | 78 % | 80 % | 81 % | 81 % | 0.85 |