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Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of children under 5 years and their mothers

From: Determinants of stunting among children aged 0–59 months in Nepal: findings from Nepal Demographic and health Survey, 2006, 2011, and 2016

Background characteristics

2006

2011

2016

%

N

%

N

%

N

Caste/ethnicity

 Dalit

15.5

788

17.7

440

14.1

342

 Muslim

5.6

286

5.9

147

6.8

164

Janajati

31.6

1608

32.0

794

27.3

661

 Other Terai caste

14.0

713

9.3

230

19.8

479

 Brahmin/Chhetri

28.4

1444

29.5

734

26.0

629

 Other

4.8

244

5.6

140

6.0

146

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

25.3

1285

25.8

640

20.5

496

 Second poorest

21.4

1086

20.5

510

21.8

528

 Middle

20.3

1032

23.4

582

22.7

549

 Second richest

18.1

921

16.9

421

21.7

526

 Richest

14.9

759

13.4

332

13.3

322

Ecological Zone

 Mountain

8.4

425

7.9

196

7.0

170

 Hill

41.3

2100

39.9

991

36.2

876

Terai

50.3

2558

52.2

1298

56.8

1375

Year of schooling of mother

 No schooling

61.4

3119

50.5

1256

36.0

910

 1–5 years schooling

16.9

858

17.8

442

19.0

449

 6–9 years schooling

15.5

788

18.7

464

23.9

563

 10 and above years of schooling

6.3

318

13.0

323

21.1

499

Age of child

 Less than 6 months

9.1

474

9.2

228

9.0

218

 6–11 months

9.2

484

9.9

247

10.4

251

 12–23 months

18.7

970

19.6

489

21.1

512

 25–49 months

63.1

3155

61.3

1521

59.5

1440

Sex of child

 Boys

51.2

2604

51.2

1273

52.0

1258

 Girls

48.6

2479

48.8

1212

58.0

1163

 Total

100.0

5083

100.0

2485

100.0

2421