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Table 1 Child nutrition and socio-economic characteristics in Bangladesh and Nepal

From: Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal

 

Bangladesh

 

Aggregate (Urban + Rural) Number of children = 5267

Urban (Number of children = 1842)

Rural (Number of children = 3425)

Rural Urban differencea

 

Mean (Std deviation in brackets)

Mean (Std deviation in brackets)

Mean (Std deviation in brackets)

 

Height/Age (z-score)

−1.72 (1.36)

−1.49 (1.35)

−1.84 (1.35)

0.35***

Gender of Child (female = 1)

0.50 (0.50)

0.47 (0.50)

0.51 (0.50)

−0.034*

Age of Child

1.99 (1.41)

1.94 (1.38)

2.01 (1.42)

−0.07

Child Vaccinated (yes = 1)

0.49 (0.50)

0.52 (0.50)

0.48 (0.50)

0.043**

Age of mother

25.86 (6.17)

26.00 (5.94)

25.78 (6.29)

0.22

Mother currently working (yes = 1)

0.24 (0.42)

0.24 (0.43)

0.23 (0.42)

0.005

Years of education mother

4.91 (4.33)

5.94 (4.69)

4.35 (4.02)

1.60***

Years of education of spouse

4.88 (4.88)

6.21 (5.22)

4.16 (4.53)

2.04***

Wealth status (index)

−0.09 (0.93)

0.55 (1.14)

−0.41 (0.58)

1.0***

Extended family dummy (yes = 1)

0.44 (0.50)

0.44 (0.50)

0.44 (0.50)

0.00

Dependency ratio

1.12 (0.72)

0.99 (0.65)

1.19 (0.75)

−0.19***

Number of children <5 yrs

1.39 (0.57)

1.34 (0.55)

1.42 (0.58)

−0.07***

 

Nepal

 

Aggregate (Urban + Rural) Number of children = 5219

Urban (Number of children = 1168)

Rural (Number of children = 4051

Rural Urban difference a

 

Mean (Std deviation in brackets)

Mean (Std deviation in brackets)

Mean (Std deviation in brackets)

 

Height/Age (z-score)

−1.96 (1.34)

−1.65 (1.36)

−2.05 (1.31)

0.4***

Gender Child (female = 1)

0.49 (0.50)

0.50 (0.50)

0.49 (0.50)

0.01

Age of child

2.05 (1.40)

2.11 (1.43)

2.03 (1.39)

0.08

Child Vaccinated (yes = 1)

0.24 (0.42)

0.26 (0.44)

0.23 (0.42)

0.031*

Age of mother

26.96 (6.07)

26.18 (5.27)

27.18 (6.26)

−1.00***

Mother currently working (yes = 1)

0.70 (0.46)

0.54 (0.50)

0.75 (0.43)

−0.21***

Years of education mother

2.46 (3.65)

4.21 (4.31)

1.95 (3.27)

2.26***

Years of education of spouse

5.28 (4.09)

6.76 (4.34)

4.85 (3.91)

1.91***

Wealth status (index)

−0.21 (0.84)

0.52 (1.16)

−0.43 (0.54)

0.96***

Extended family dummy (yes = 1)

0.51 (0.50)

0.47 (0.50)

0.52 (0.50)

−0.05**

Dependency ratio

1.38 (0.96)

1.18 (0.81)

1.44 (0.99)

−0.26***

Number of children < 5 years

1.58 (0.63)

1.50 (0.63)

1.61 (0.62)

−0.10***

  1. a Asterisk in the column indicate the level of significance of the difference in outcomes/characteristics between rural and urban areas based on independent sample T-tests. *** denotes significance at 1% level, ** denotes significance at 5% level and * denotes significance at the 10% level of significance.
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