Table 5 Trends in stunting among Ghanaian children by maternal education, 0-36 Months 1993 to 2008 with 95% CI
1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | C.I | % | C.I | % | C.I | % | C.I | p | X 2 | Total N | |
Maternal education | |||||||||||
No education | |||||||||||
Male | 43.9 | 38.9, 48.9 | 32.3 | 27.5, 37.5 | 41,8 | 36.9, 47.0 | 28.6 | 23.1, 34.8 | 0,001 | 21.362 | 1502 |
Female | 33.2 | 28.7, 38.1 | 27.4 | 22.9, 32.4 | 37,4 | 32.6, 42.4 | 19.9 | 15.2, 25.7 | 0,001 | 22.930 | 1498 |
Primary | |||||||||||
Male | 35.1 | 31.2, 39.2 | 33.1 | 26.4, 40.5 | 33,9 | 27.4, 41.1 | 34.7 | 27.8, 42.4 | 0,963 | .284 | 1125 |
Female | 28.7 | 25.0, 32.8 | 22.3 | 16.5, 29.4 | 22.6 | 17.3, 29.0 | 24.6 | 18.2, 32.3 | 0.180 | 4.885 | 1073 |
Some high school+ | |||||||||||
Male | 15.3 | 8.1, 26.8 | 22.1 | 17.8, 27.2 | 34,9 | 29.6, 40.6 | 26.2 | 21.0, 32.1 | 0,001 | 19.950 | 975 |
Female | 9.6 | 4.1, 21.1 | 19.5 | 15.6, 24.1 | 26,2 | 21.2, 31.8 | 22.7 | 18.3, 27.8 | 0.020 | 9.867 | 1030 |