Household composition and child health in Botswana

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Table 2 Per cent distribution of child health outcomes by the presence of biological parents and other household members, BFHS 2007

	Stunted (below −2 SD height/age)					Diarrhoea in the last two weeks before the survey
	%	Total	N	% miss.	95% CI	%	Total	N	% miss.	95% CI
Children by the presence of parents and other household members
Mother only^a	30.4	631	680	7.2	26.8,34.4	15.5	680	680	0.0	12.8,18.5
Father only^b	30.8	349	375	7.1	25.9,36.1	21.1	373	375	0.6	17.1,25.8
Both parents	28.4	1093	1174	6.9	25.5,31.5	20.1	1174	1174	0.0	17.7,22.7
No parents	32.6	401	433	7.3	28.1,37.5	13.5	431	433	0.3	10.5,17.2
Mother present^c	29.1	1724	1853	7.0	26.8,31.6	18.4	1853	1853	0.0	16.6,20.4
Father present^d	29.0	1442	1549	6.9	26.4,31.6	20.3	1547	1549	0.1	18.3,22.6
Grandparent	29.5	505	531	5.0	25.5,33.8	20.6	531	531	0.0	17.3,24.5
Uncle	30.9	779	825	5.7	27.6,34.5	19.7	823	825	0.3	17.0,22.7
Aunt	29.9	828	881	6.1	26.7,33.3	18.6	879	881	0.2	16.0,21.4
Other relatives	27.3	252	268	6.1	20.5,35.3	14.8	268	268	6.1	10.7,20.0
Not related member	31.1	229	243	5.8	24.9,38.0	14.5	243	243	0.0	10.5,19.7
Grand Total	29.9	2474	2662	7.1	28.0,31.9	18.0	2658	2662	0.1	16.5,19.6

Total =all children with and without stunting/diarrhoea. N = All children, including those with missing data. ^aonly the mother of the child is listed in the household, and not the father.^bonly the father of the child is in the household, and not the mother. ^cdetermined from the type of household head and whether the mother is present in a household; MH + MP, FH + MP, GH + MP, UH + MP, AH + MP, ORH + MP, NRH + MP. ^ddetermined from the type of household head and whether the father is present in the household; MH + FP, FH + FP, GH + FP, UH + FP, AH + FP, ORH + FP, NRH + FP. M Mother, H Household head, F Father, G Grandparent, U Uncle, A Aunt, OR Other relatives, NR Not related member, and P Present

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