Table 1 Household, maternal and child characteristics of N = 75 participants in Haryana, India
Household Characteristics | N (%) |
Religion | |
Hindu | 51 (68) |
Muslim | 23 (31) |
Other | 1 (1) |
Caste | |
Scheduled caste | 20 (27) |
Other backward caste (OBC) | 34 (45) |
Other caste | 21 (28) |
Paternal Occupation | |
Not working/retired/unemployed | 4 (5) |
Business/petty trader/self-employed | 16 (21) |
Salaried employee | 38 (51) |
Other | 17 (23) |
Socio-economic Status | |
Low | 25 (33) |
Middle | 25 (33) |
High | 25 (33) |
Residence | |
Peri-urban | 58 (77) |
Rural | 17 (23) |
Food Insecurity | |
Food secure | 62 (83) |
Food insecure | 13 (17) |
Maternal Characteristics | Mean (SD)/N (%) |
Maternal Age (years) | 25.1 (3.75) |
Maternal Education (years) | 6.6 (5.3) |
Parity | 2.3 (1.3) |
Anthropometry | |
Weight, kg | 60.0 (10.2) |
Height, cm | 152.3 (5.9) |
BMI, kg/m2 | 21.9 (3.7) |
BMI categories, kg/m2 | |
Underweight (< 18.5) | 10 (13) |
Normal (18.5–25) | 52 (69) |
Overweight (25–30) | 11 (15) |
Obese (> 30) | 2 (3) |
Human milk fat content (g/L) | 38.8 (15.6) |
Current Dietary Patterns | N (%) |
Vegetarian | 29 (39) |
Non-vegetarian | 40 (53) |
Eggetarian | 6 (8) |
Child Characteristics | N (%) |
Child Sex | |
% Male | 33 (44) |
% Female | 42 (56) |
Child Age (months) | 3.7 (0.60) |
Child Nutritional Status | |
% Stunted (length-for-age z-score < −2) | 14 (19) |
% Underweight (weight-for-age z-score < − 2) | 12 (16) |
% Wasted (weight-for-length z-score < − 2) | 5 (7) |
Current breastfeeding practices | |
Currently exclusively breastfeeding | 25 (33) |