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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of adults and children in the sample

From: Various forms of double burden of malnutrition problems exist in rural Kenya

 

Adults (n = 874)

Children (n = 184)

Individual age (years/months) a

46.2 (12.9)

35.5 (12.7)

Individual sex (male = 1)

0.4 (0.5)

0.5 (0.5)

Kisii county (1/0)

0.7 (0.5)

0.7 (0.5)

Household size (count)

5.1 (1.9)

5.9 (1.7)

Years of formal education

8.7 (3.5)

 

Income per capita in PPP $/year

4164.2 (12,911.8)

3469.0 (3863.3)

Poverty rate (1/0)

0.2 (0.4)

0.2 (0.4)

Farm size (acres)

1.3 (1.2)

1.3 (1.2)

  1. Mean values are shown with standard deviations in parentheses
  2. a Age in years for adults and in months for children