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Table 2 Nutritional and clinical characteristics of mothers and children 6–59 months

From: Modeling the predictors of stunting in Ethiopia: analysis of 2016 Ethiopian demographic health survey data (EDHS)

Variable

Freq.

%

Stunting

 Yes

3101

39.21

 No

4808

60.79

Dairy products (n = 4770)

 No

3929

82.36

 Yes

841

17.64

 Missing

3139

 

Grains, roots, and tubers (Gratube) (n = 4770)

 No

2333

48.9

 Yes

2437

51.1

 Missing

3139

 

Fruits and vegetables (Fruveg) (n = 4770)

 No

3648

76.47

 Yes

1122

23.53

 Missing

3139

 

Meat and its products (n = 4770)

 No

4418

92.62

 Yes

352

7.38

 Missing

3139

 

Legumes and lentils (n = 4770)

 Yes

750

15.73

 No

4020

84.27

 Missing

3139

 

Size of child

 Large

2419

30.85

 Average

3353

42.77

 Small

2068

26.38

 Missing

69

 

Maternal height

  < 150 cm

776

9.81

  > =150 cm

7133

90.19

Anemia level of the mother (n = 7609)

 Severe

126

1.64

 Moderate

730

9.48

 Mild

1795

23.32

 Not anemic

5046

65.56

BMIa of mother

  < 18.5

1921

24.29

 18.5–24.9

5174

65.42

  ≥ 25

722

9.13

 Missing

92

1.16

Anemia level of the child

 Severe

300

3.94

 Moderate

2455

32.22

 Mild

1812

23.78

 Not anemic

3052

40.06

 Missing

290

 

Weight of child

  < 9.1 kgb

1948

2463

  ≥ 9.1–11.1 kg

1964

2483

  ≥ 11.2–13.3 kg

2005

2535

  > 13.3 kg

1992

2519

  1. aBody mass index; bkilogram