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Table 1 Household and Socio-demographic characteristic of respondents the intervention and control sites, 2016 and 2019

From: Effectiveness of integrated nutrition interventions on childhood stunting: a quasi-experimental evaluation design

 

Baseline

End-line

Indicator

Intervention

N (%)

Control

N (%)

Intervention

N (%)

Control

N (%)

Number of Household

853

1680

871

1688

Household size

  

 Median household size (range)

6 (2–30)

5 (2–30)

6 (2–28)

5 (2–27)

Family size

 2–4

277 (32.5)

604 (36.0)

267 (30.8)

564 (33.4)

 5–7

344 (40.4)

663 (39.5)

369 (42.5)

686 (40.6)

 8+

232 (27.1)

413 (24.6)

235 (27.0)

438 (26.0)

Household wealth

 1 (Poorest)

229 (26.9)

424 (25.3)

184 (21.1)

472 (28.0)

 2 (Poor)

170 (19.9)

458 (27.3)

227 (26.1)

405 (24.0)

 3 (Medium)

214 (25.1)

419 (25.0)

196 (22.5)

437 (25.9)

 4 (Better off)

240 (28.1)

379 (22.6)

264 (30.3)

374 (22.2)

Mother’s age (years)

 15–19

149 (17.5)

252 (15.0)

104 (11.9)

240 (14.2)

 20–29

453 (53.1)

911 (54.3)

491 (56.4)

883 (52.3)

 30–39

208 (24.3)

446 (26.6)

237 (27.2)

472 (28.0)

 40–49

43 (5.0)

70 (4.2)

39 (4.5)

93 (5.5)

Marital status

 Married

724 (84.9)

1328 (79.1)

760 (87.3)

1418 (84.0)

 Single

81 (9.5)

226 (12.1)

65 (7.5)

174 (10.3)

 Widow

8 (0.9)

12 (0.7)

7 (0.8)

4 (0.2)

 Divorce

40 (4.7)

114 (6.8)

36 (4.1)

89 (5.3)

Mother’s education

 No schooling

135 (15.8)

432 (25.7)

114 (13.1)

439 (26.0)

 Primary

588 (68.9)

1092 (65.0)

598 (68.7)

1062 (62.9)

 Secondary +

130 (15.2)

155 (9.2)

159 (18.3)

187 (11.1)

aMother’s BMI

 Thinness BMI < 18.5

52 (6.3)

103 (6.4)

40 (4.7)

121 (7.4)

 Normal 18.5 < BMI < 25.0

624 (75.5)

1189 (73.3)

626 (74.1)

1132 (69.5)

 Overweight ≥25.0

125 (15.1)

256 (15.8)

133 (15.7)

282 (17.3)

 Obese ≥30.0

26 (3.1)

74 (4.6)

46 (5.4)

93 (5.7)

  1. a Pregnant women were excluded from the BMI calculations. The numbers in brackets are row percent unless stated