Table 1 Frequency and percentage for wasted and non-wasted children under 5 years by household food insecurity and socio-demographic characteristics
Characteristics | Wasted (< − 2 SD) | Non-wasted (≥ − 2 SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Household food Insecurity (N = 2414,P = 0.496) | ||||
Secure | 88 | 8.9 | 900 | 91.1 |
Mild | 76 | 9.4 | 733 | 90.6 |
Moderate | 41 | 10.8 | 339 | 89.2 |
Severe | 27 | 11.3 | 211 | 88.7 |
Wealth quintiles (N = 2412,P = 0.296) | ||||
Poorest | 43 | 8.7 | 449 | 91.3 |
Poorer | 48 | 9.1 | 478 | 90.9 |
Middle | 58 | 10.6 | 491 | 89.4 |
Richer | 59 | 11.3 | 465 | 88.7 |
Richest | 23 | 7.2 | 298 | 92.8 |
Sex of child (N = 2414,P = 0.837) | ||||
Male | 119 | 9.5 | 1134 | 90.5 |
Female | 113 | 9.7 | 1048 | 90.3 |
Mother’s education (N = 2360, P = 0.014) | ||||
No education | 102 | 12.4 | 723 | 87.6 |
Primary | 42 | 8.9 | 429 | 91.1 |
Secondary | 64 | 8.6 | 684 | 91.4 |
Higher | 23 | 7.3 | 293 | 92.7 |
Place of residence (N = 2414,P = 0.408) | ||||
Urban | 117 | 9.2 | 1161 | 90.8 |
Rural | 115 | 10.1 | 1021 | 89.9 |
Province (N = 2414,P < 0.001) | ||||
Province 1 | 46 | 11.8 | 344 | 88.2 |
Province 2 | 95 | 14.3 | 570 | 85.7 |
Province 3 | 15 | 4.2 | 339 | 95.8 |
Province 4 | 11 | 5.9 | 176 | 94.1 |
Province 5 | 34 | 7.5 | 418 | 92.5 |
Province 6 | 11 | 7.1 | 144 | 92.9 |
Province 7 | 20 | 9.5 | 191 | 90.5 |