Table 4 Characteristics of non-pregnant women of childbearing age by site and stunting
Characteristic | Equateur Province, DRC | Chimaltenango, Guatemala | N Karnataka, India | Thatta, Pakistan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stunted (n = 242) | Not stunted (n = 1499) | Stunted (n = 1364) | Not stunted (n = 331) | Stunted (n = 716) | Not stunted (n = 1107) | Stunted (n = 511) | Not stunted (n = 1498) | |
Maternal age categories, n (%) | ||||||||
15–18 y | 57 (23.6) | 341 (22.7) | 105 (7.7) | 31 (9.4) | 96 (13.4) | 180 (16.3) | 88 (17.2) | 187 (12.5) |
19–24 y | 107 (44.2) | 604 (40.3) | 572 (41.9) | 139 (42.0) | 429 (59.9) | 672 (60.7) | 197 (38.6) | 594 (39.7) |
25–37 y | 78 (32.2) | 554 (37.0) | 687 (50.4) | 161 (48.6) | 191 (26.7) | 255 (23.0) | 226 (44.2) | 717 (47.9) |
Parity categories, n (%) | ||||||||
0 | 84 (34.7) | 429 (28.6) | 95 (7.0) | 40 (12.1) | 238 (33.2) | 364 (32.9) | 212 (41.5) | 547 (36.5) |
1–2 | 104 (43.0) | 668 (44.6) | 851 (62.4) | 217 (65.6) | 436 (60.9) | 680 (61.4) | 157 (30.7) | 498 (33.2) |
≥ 3 | 54 (22.3) | 402 (26.8) | 418 (30.6) | 74 (22.4) | 42 (5.9) | 63 (5.7) | 142 (27.8) | 453 (30.2) |
Maternal education categorized, n (%) | ||||||||
No formal schooling | 81 (33.5) | 290 (19.3) | 122 (8.9) | 15 (4.5) | 67 (9.4) | 72 (6.5) | 420 (82.2) | 1220 (81.4) |
Primary | 139 (57.4) | 862 (57.5) | 958 (70.2) | 190 (57.4) | 125 (17.5) | 150 (13.6) | 66 (12.9) | 169 (11.3) |
Secondary+ | 22 (9.1) | 347 (23.1) | 284 (20.8) | 126 (38.1) | 524 (73.2) | 885 (79.9) | 25 (4.9) | 109 (7.3) |
Tally of indicators of higher SESa n (%) | ||||||||
0 indicators present | 165 (68.2) | 719 (48.0) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (2.0) | 46 (3.1) |
1–2 present | 75 (31.0) | 754 (50.3) | 175 (12.8) | 17 (5.1) | 91 (12.7) | 93 (8.4) | 244 (47.7) | 650 (43.4) |
3–4 present | 2 (0.8) | 26 (1.7) | 771 (56.5) | 194 (58.6) | 479 (66.9) | 698 (63.1) | 174 (34.1) | 547 (36.5) |
5–6 present | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 416 (30.5) | 120 (36.3) | 146 (20.4) | 316 (28.5) | 83 (16.2) | 255 (17.0) |