Table 2 Prevalence of undernutrition in children aged 0–36 months based on the different classifications across baseline characteristics a
From: A survey of undernutrition in children under three years of age in rural Western China
Characteristics | CIAF | No failure | Wasting only | Wasting and underweight | Wasting,stunting and underweight | Underweight and stunting | Stunting only | Underweight only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO. (%) | NO. (%) | NO. (%) | NO. (%) | NO. (%) | NO. (%) | NO. (%) | NO. (%) | |
Province | ||||||||
Gansu | 74(24.0)* | 234(76.0)* | 6(1.9)* | 4(1.3)* | 2(0.6)* | 13(4.2)* | 49(15.9)* | 0(0.0)* |
Guangxi | 395(25.0) | 1184(75.0) | 43(2.7) | 48(3.0) | 28(1.8) | 77(4.9) | 175(11.1) | 21(1.3) |
Guizhou | 494(39.3) | 762(60.7) | 34(2.7) | 54(4.3) | 28(2.2) | 135(10.7) | 210(16.7) | 28(2.2) |
Jiangxi | 298(19.2) | 1258(80.8) | 37(2.4) | 41(2.6) | 15(1.0) | 46(3.0) | 142(9.1) | 17(1.1) |
Inner Mongolia | 95(7.8) | 1118(92.2) | 15(1.2) | 5(0.4) | 2(0.2) | 12(1.0) | 56(4.6) | 5(0.4) |
Ningxia | 135(10.7) | 1122(89.3) | 26(2.1) | 18(1.4) | 6(0.5) | 20(1.6) | 60(4.8) | 5(0.4) |
Qinghai | 295(18.7) | 1284(81.3) | 20(1.3) | 25(1.6) | 4(0.3) | 39(2.5) | 199(12.6) | 4(0.3) |
Sichuan | 472(30.2) | 1091(69.8) | 53(3.4) | 51(3.3) | 16(1.0) | 77(4.9) | 265(17.0) | 8(0.5) |
Xinjiang | 429(20.3) | 1712(80.0) | 32(1.5) | 33(1.5) | 21(1.0) | 76(3.5) | 244(11.4) | 21(1.0) |
Chongqing | 247(22.9) | 833(77.1) | 12(1.1) | 12(1.1) | 5(0.5) | 40(3.7) | 170(15.7) | 3(0.3) |
Gender | ||||||||
Girl | 1119(19.5)* | 4631(80.5) | 106(1.8) | 117(2.0) | 35(0.6)* | 223(3.9) | 591(10.3)* | 39(0.7) |
Boy | 1815(23.3) | 5967(76.7) | 172(2.2) | 174(2.2) | 92(1.2) | 312(4.0) | 979(12.6) | 73(0.9) |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Minority | 1410(27.8)* | 3663(72.2) | 106(2.1) | 129(2.5)* | 70(1.4)* | 300(5.9)* | 734(14.5)* | 61(1.2)* |
Han | 1524(18.0) | 6935(82.0) | 172(2.0) | 162(1.9) | 57(0.7) | 235(2.8) | 836(9.9) | 51(0.6) |
Currently breast-feeding | ||||||||
No | 129(21.9) | 460(78.1) | 6(1.0) | 13(2.2) | 7(1.2) | 27(4.6) | 72(12.2) | 3(0.5) |
Yes | 2799(21.7) | 10124(78.3) | 272(2.1) | 278(2.2) | 120(0.9) | 507(3.9) | 1493(11.6) | 109(0.8) |
Children’ age (months) | ||||||||
0 ~ 6 | 245(13.3) | 1604(86.7) | 71(3.8)* | 28(1.5)* | 2(0.1)* | 23(1.2)* | 112(6.1)* | 8(0.4)* |
7 ~ 12 | 490(15.8) | 2606(84.2) | 72(2.3) | 82(2.6) | 23(0.7) | 68(2.2) | 209(6.8) | 33(1.1) |
13 ~ 18 | 544(21.4) | 1995(78.6) | 47(1.9) | 69(2.7) | 43(1.7) | 84(3.3) | 277(10.9) | 19(0.7) |
19 ~ 24 | 639(26.7) | 1755(73.3) | 33(1.4) | 40(1.7) | 32(1.3) | 117(4.9) | 390(16.3) | 22(0.9) |
25 ~ 30 | 467(26.8) | 1275(73.2) | 25(1.4) | 32(1.8) | 14(0.8) | 120(6.9) | 259(14.9) | 16(0.9) |
31 ~ 36 | 549(28.7) | 1363(71.3) | 30(1.6) | 40(2.1) | 13(0.7) | 123(6.4) | 323(16.9) | 14(0.7) |
Mothers’ age | ||||||||
<20 | 69(20.5) | 267(79.5) | 8(2.4) | 6(1.8) | 2(0.6) | 14(4.2) | 35(10.4) | 4(1.2) |
20 ~ 29 | 2007(21.4) | 7370(78.6) | 194(2.1) | 212(2.3) | 80(0.9) | 349(3.7) | 1077(11.5) | 81(0.9) |
30 ~ 39 | 776(22.8) | 2632(77.2) | 66(1.9) | 68(2.0) | 40(1.2) | 150(4.4) | 420(12.3) | 25(0.7) |
40~ | 33(21.4) | 121(78.6) | 6(3.9) | 3(1.9) | 1(0.6) | 9(5.8) | 12(7.8) | 2(1.3) |
Mothers’ educations years | ||||||||
no education | 340(27.6)* | 894(72.4) | 19(1.5) | 28(2.3) | 21(1.7)* | 81(6.6)* | 176(14.3)* | 11(0.9) |
1 ~ 5 | 904(26.0) | 2575(74.0) | 61(1.8) | 86(2.5) | 46(1.3) | 184(5.3) | 489(14.1) | 33(0.9) |
6 ~ 9 | 1543(20.3) | 6064(79.7) | 180(2.4) | 162(2.1) | 55(0.7) | 244(3.2) | 829(10.9) | 61(0.8) |
10 ~ 12 | 97(11.6) | 738(88.4) | 14(1.7) | 11(1.3) | 5(0.6) | 15(1.8) | 48(5.7) | 4(0.5) |
>12 | 36(12.6) | 250(87.4) | 4(1.4) | 2(0.7) | 0(0.0) | 5(1.7) | 22(7.7) | 3(1.0) |
Wealth index | ||||||||
poor | 1054(27.5)* | 2779(72.5) | 83(2.2) | 97(2.5) | 59(1.5)* | 205(5.3)* | 557(14.5)* | 41(1.1) |
middle | 1046(20.8) | 3991(79.2) | 108(2.1) | 106(2.1) | 35(0.7) | 190(3.8) | 572(11.4) | 32(0.6) |
rich | 834(17.9) | 3828(82.1) | 87(1.9) | 88(1.9) | 33(0.7) | 140(3.0) | 441(9.5) | 39(0.8) |
Total | 2934(21.7) | 10598(78.3) | 278(2.1) | 291(2.2) | 127(0.9) | 535(4.0) | 1570(11.6) | 112(2.1) |