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Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between mean height Z-scores of children under 7 years and GDP per capita and IMR

From: Child nutrition to new stage in China: evidence from a series of national surveys, 1985–2015

 

r_1

p_1

r_2

p_2

Height Z-score with GDP per capita

 Urban boys

0.96

0.18

0.71

0.29

 Urban girls

0.95

0.21

0.69

0.31

 Suburban boys

0.96

0.18

0.82

0.18

 Suburban girls

0.95

0.20

0.81

0.19

Height Z-score with IMR a

 Urban boys

−0.95

0.20

 Urban girls

−0.93

0.23

 Suburban boys

−0.94

0.20

 Suburban girls

−0.93

0.23

  1. r_1 Association between 1985 and 2005; r_2 Association between 1985 and 2015; p_1 P-value for r_1; p_2 P-value for r_2
  2. aAdjusted by GDP per capita