Table 1 Baseline characteristics of children under three years old in 2005 in 10 provinces a
From: A survey of undernutrition in children under three years of age in rural Western China
Characteristicsb | Gansu | Guangxi | Guizhou | Jiangxi | Inner Mongolia | Ningxia | Qinghai | Sichuan | Xinjiang | Chongqing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parity† | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 1.5 ± 0.7 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.7 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 1.3 ± 0.5 |
Gender* | ||||||||||
Girl | 138(44.8) | 660(41.8) | 480(38.2) | 483(31.0) | 550(45.3) | 505(40.2) | 742(47.0) | 668(42.7) | 1008(47.1) | 516(47.8) |
Boy | 170(55.2) | 919(58.2) | 776(61.8) | 1073(69.0) | 663(54.7) | 752(59.8) | 837(53.0) | 895(57.3) | 1133(52.9) | 564(52.2) |
Ethnicity* | ||||||||||
Minority | 3(1.0) | 999(63.3) | 896(71.3) | 11(0.7) | 66(5.4) | 232(18.5) | 586(37.1) | 529(33.8) | 1727(80.7) | 24(2.2) |
Han | 305(99.0) | 580(36.7) | 360(28.7) | 1545(99.3) | 1147(94.6) | 1025(81.5) | 993(62.9) | 1034(66.2) | 414(19.3) | 1056(97.8) |
Currently breast-feeding* | ||||||||||
No | 13(4.2) | 32(2.0) | 64(5.1) | 84(5.4) | 70(5.8) | 61(4.9) | 46(2.9) | 84(5.4) | 106(5.0) | 29(2.7) |
Yes | 295(95.8) | 1538(98.0) | 1188(94.9) | 1471(94.6) | 1143(94.2) | 1193(95.1) | 1532(97.1) | 1479(94.6) | 2034(95.0) | 1050(97.3) |
Children' age (months)‡ | ||||||||||
0 ~ 6 | 23(7.5) | 283(17.9) | 143(11.4) | 274(17.6) | 191(15.7) | 148(11.8) | 145(9.2) | 191(12.2) | 331(15.5) | 120(11.1) |
7 ~ 12 | 51(16.6) | 408(25.8) | 270(21.5) | 366(23.5) | 336(27.7) | 286(22.8) | 378(23.9) | 314(20.1) | 471(22.0) | 216(20.0) |
13 ~ 18 | 52(16.9) | 326(20.6) | 220(17.5) | 302(19.4) | 236(19.5) | 235(18.7) | 294(18.6) | 293(18.7) | 389(18.2) | 192(17.8) |
19 ~ 24 | 64(20.8) | 271(17.2) | 262(20.9) | 303(19.5) | 178(14.7) | 220(17.5) | 278(17.6) | 283(18.1) | 343(16.0) | 192(17.8) |
25 ~ 30 | 47(15.3) | 150(9.5) | 175(13.9) | 168(10.8) | 99(8.2) | 168(13.4) | 234(14.8) | 229(14.7) | 311(14.5) | 161(14.9) |
31 ~ 36 | 71(23.1) | 141(8.9) | 186(14.8) | 143(9.2) | 173(14.3) | 200(15.9) | 250(15.8) | 253(16.2) | 296(13.8) | 199(18.4) |
Mothers’ age‡ | ||||||||||
<20 | 2(0.7) | 17(1.1) | 23(1.9) | 23(1.5) | 12(1.0) | 26(2.1) | 79(5.0) | 29(1.9) | 113(5.3) | 12(1.2) |
20 ~ 29 | 223(72.6) | 1017(64.5) | 900(73.5) | 1122(73.4) | 950(78.6) | 962(78.7) | 1153(73.6) | 976(63.2) | 1439(67.7) | 635(65.4) |
30 ~ 39 | 80(26.1) | 514(32.6) | 286(23.4) | 378(24.7) | 242(20.0) | 229(18.7) | 328(20.9) | 505(32.7) | 548(25.8) | 298(30.7) |
40~ | 2(0.7) | 28(1.8) | 15(1.2) | 6(0.4) | 5(0.4) | 5(0.4) | 6(0.4) | 35(2.3) | 26(1.2) | 26(2.7) |
Mothers’ educations years‡ | ||||||||||
no education | 83(27.1) | 46(2.9) | 197(15.7) | 74(4.8) | 76(6.3) | 155(12.5) | 428(27.3) | 83(5.3) | 72(3.4) | 20(1.9) |
1 ~ 5 | 106(34.6) | 484(30.7) | 364(29.1) | 662(43.1) | 186(15.3) | 245(19.8) | 400(25.5) | 269(17.3) | 713(33.3) | 50(4.7) |
6 ~ 9 | 94(30.7) | 941(59.6) | 644(51.4) | 729(47.4) | 772(63.6) | 731(59.1) | 563(36.0) | 1103(70.8) | 1182(55.3) | 848(80.5) |
10 ~ 12 | 15(4.9) | 80(5.1) | 40(3.2) | 58(3.8) | 134(11.0) | 86(7.0) | 120(7.7) | 79(5.1) | 143(6.7) | 80(7.6) |
>12 | 8(2.6) | 28(1.8) | 8(0.6) | 14(0.9) | 45(3.7) | 19(1.5) | 55(3.5) | 25(1.6) | 29(1.4) | 55(5.2) |
Wealth index‡ | ||||||||||
Poor | 79(25.6) | 336(21.3) | 559(44.5) | 222(14.3) | 161(13.3) | 100(8.0) | 683(43.3) | 282(18.0) | 1281(59.8) | 130(12.0) |
Middle | 53(17.2) | 639(40.5) | 353(28.1) | 512(32.9) | 430(35.4) | 418(33.3) | 587(37.2) | 823(52.7) | 658(30.7) | 564(52.2) |
Rich | 176(57.1) | 604(38.3) | 344(27.4) | 822(52.8) | 622(51.3) | 739(58.8) | 309(19.6) | 458(29.3) | 202(9.4) | 386(35.7) |
Total | 308 | 1579 | 1256 | 1556 | 1213 | 1257 | 1579 | 1563 | 2141 | 1080 |