Table 1 Weighted descriptive statistics of child nutritional status and other individual and household characteristics, 2016 EDHS
Variables | Categories | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Child-related factors | ||
Stunting (Height-for-age) (n = 8877) | Not stunted | 5473 (61.6) |
Stunted | 3404 (38.4) | |
Wasting (Weight-for-height) (n = 8895) | Not wasted | 8003 (90.0) |
Wasted | 892 (10.0) | |
Underweight (Weight-for-age) (n = 9037) | Normal | 6885 (76.2) |
Underweight | 2152 (23.8) | |
Sex of the child (n = 9998) | Male | 5207 (51.1) |
Female | 4791 (48.9) | |
Current age of the child in years (n = 9450) | < 1 | 2076 (22.0) |
1 | 1800 (19.0) | |
2 | 1766 (18.7) | |
3 | 1827 (19.3) | |
4 | 1981 (21.0) | |
Inter-birth interval (n = 9998) | Not short | 6197 (62.0) |
Short (< 34 months) | 3801 (38.0) | |
Health status of children | ||
ARI in the last two weeks (n = 9450) | No | 8818 (93.3) |
Yes | 632 (6.7) | |
Diarrhea in the last two weeks (n = 9450) | No | 8354 (88.4) |
Yes | 1096 (11.6) | |
Maternal related factors | ||
Stature (height) (n = 9997) | Not short (≥ 145 cm) | 9772 (97.8) |
Short (< 145 cm) | 226 (2.2) | |
BMI (weight/height) (n = 9998) | Thin | 522 (5.2) |
Normal | 8872 (88.8) | |
Overweight/obese | 604 (6.0) | |
Cigarette smoking status (n = 9998) | No | 9921 (99.2) |
Yes | 77 (0.8) | |
Household factors | ||
Source of drinking water (n = 9998) | Improved | 5534 (55.3) |
Not improved | 4464 (44.7) | |
Sanitary facility (n = 9998) | Improved | 937 (9.4) |
Not improved | 9061 (90.6) | |
Cooking fuel (n = 9998) | Clean | 303 (3.0) |
Polluting | 9695 (97.0) | |
Household wealth index (n = 9998) | Poorest | 2353 (23.5) |
Poorer | 2336 (23.4) | |
Middle | 2104 (21.4) | |
Richer | 1828 (18.0) | |
Richest | 1377 (13.7) | |
Place of residence (n = 9998) | Rural | 8966 (89.7) |
Urban | 1032 (10.3) |