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Fig. 6

From: Being the younger child in a large African Family: a study of birth order as a risk factor for poor health using the demographic and health surveys for 18 countries

Fig. 6

Dietary Diversity and Consumption of Fruits/Vegetables by Birth Order, Youngest Child 12–23 Months. Footnote: Includes youngest child of mothers alive in survey year with a child ages 12–23 months; restricted to children in families with 4+ children ever born to surveyed mothers and whose mothers were 30–34 years old at child’s birth. Maternal characteristics are at time of survey except for age at child’s birth. Dietary Diversity is defined as consuming food from fewer than 4 categories in the past 24 h; Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables is defined as not consuming fruits or vegetables in the past 24 h. Both indicators are reported by mother for her youngest child

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