Socioeconomic inequalities in food insecurity and malnutrition among under-five children: within and between-group inequalities in Zimbabwe

Table 2 Sample distribution and prevalence of malnutrition and food insecurity among children aged 0–59 months by Residence, Socioeconomic status, Mothers’ Education, Child age for Zimbabwe 2010/11 & 2015

Characteristics	Prevalence of malnutrition %		% Difference	Prevalence of food insecurity %		% Difference
Characteristics	2010/11	2015		2010/11	2015
Child Sex
Male	54.42	49.01	−5.41	49.70	48.44	−1.26
Female	45.58	50.99	5.41	50.30	51.56	1.26
Chi-square	*0.00*	*0.34*		*0.08*	*0.01*
Household Wealth Index
Poor	46.56	56.16	9.6	51.75	53.75	2
Middle	20.19	20.33	0.14	19.03	18.41	−0.62
Rich	33.26	23.51	−9.75	29.22	27.84	−1.38
Chi-square	*0.00*	*0.00*		*0.00*	*0.01*
Mothers’ Education
No Education	1.47	1.34	−0.13	1.32	1.53	0.21
Primary	27.17	32.87	5.7	36.82	36.43	−0.39
Secondary	70.22	61.59	−8.63	59.62	58.96	−0.66
Tertiary	1.14	4.21	3.07	2.24	3.08	0.84
Chi-square	*0.34*	*0.39*		*0.61*	*0.35*
Child Age
Neonates	1.18	3.52	−2.34	5.03	7.12	−2.09
Infants	90.62	88.80	1.82	70.22	65.43	4.79
Young Children	8.20	7.65	0.55	24.75	27.44	−2.69
Chi-square	*1.47*	*1.86*		*1.79*	*1.89*
Residence
Urban	27.70	17.47	−10.23	21.06	20.56	−0.5
Rural	72.30	82.53	10.23	78.94	79.44	0.5
Chi-square	*0.00*	*0.00*		*0.00*	*0.00*

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