Prevalence and determinants of stunting in under-five children in central Tanzania: remaining threats to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4

Table 2 Bivariate analysis of social demographic characteristics and stunting

Characteristic	Attribute	N	Stunted (%)	Chi-square	p-value
Age of the head of the Household (years)
	<35	377	46.7
	35+	301	53.5	3.099	0.078
Sex of the head of the household (years)
	Female	218	46.8
	Male	460	51.1	1.092	0.296
Respondent married
	Married	526	50
	Un-married	144	49.3	0.0218	0.883
Education of the head of the Household
	7 years or more	467	48.6	0.722
	Less than 7 years	211	52.1		0.395
Mothers education
	7 years of more	389	44.9
	Less than 7 years and more	289	56.1	8.126	0.004
Mothers age group
	<25	217	54.4
	25+	461	47.5	2.788	0.095
Number of children
	<5	542	48.5
	5+	136	54.4	1.508	0.220
Number of people in household
	<5	289	48.8
	5+	389	50.4	0.169	0.681
Distance to health facility
	<5	125	39.2
	5+	553	52.1	6.675	0.009
Time to water sources
	<30	169	43.2
	30+	509	51.9	3.816	0.051
Size of farm owned
	<5	549	51.0
	5+	129	44.2	1.941	0.164
Livestock
	Yes	339	48.7
	No	339	50.7	0.289	0.591

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