From: Nutritional status of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study
 | Resilient (N = 130) | Moderate (N = 168) | Vulnerable (N = 52) | All (N = 350) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Elementary Schooling only | 8.5% | 8.3% | 17.3% | 9.7% |
   Employed | 4.6% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 6.9% |
Household factors | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Living in a direct military confrontation area | 26.1% | 25.0% | 23.1% | 25.1% |
   On food assistance | 50.0% | 49.7% | 52.0% | 50.7% |
   Family did not have enough food for at least 2 days in the past month | 40.0% | 43.5% | 40.4% | 41.7% |
   Deprivation score1 (mean [SD]) | 1.3 [1.2] | 1.5 [1.4] | 1.6 [1.4] | 1.4[1.3] |
   Average household income in US2 dollars4(mean [SD]) | 205 [134] | 206 [190] | 197 [200] | 204 [174] |
   Family size (mean [SD]) | 7.9 [3.9] | 8.0 [3.8] | 9.1 [4.4] | 8.1 [3.9] |
   Number of rooms (mean [SD]) | 3.1 [1.3] | 3.0 [1.0] | 3.1 [1.1] | 3.1 [1.1] |