Gender dimensions of the impact of HIV/AIDS on stunting in children under five years in Zimbabwe

Macheka, Lesley; Kembo, George; Kairiza, Terrence

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-11410-7

Table 1 Background characteristics by HIV/AIDS status of the household

From: Gender dimensions of the impact of HIV/AIDS on stunting in children under five years in Zimbabwe

		Household has an HIV positive member?				Difference in means [Y – N]
		Yes [Y]		No [N]
		Mean	S. D	Mean	S. D
Observations (%)		1804	(13%)	12,050	(87%)
Household head is female		0.580	0.494	0.462	0.499	0.118^a
Household head age (Years)		45.555	15.049	38.854	14.577	6.701^a
Marital status:	Married living together	0.589	0.492	0.760	0.427	−0.170^a
	Married living apart	0.061	0.239	0.077	0.267	−0.016^a
	Divorced/separated	0.097	0.296	0.050	0.218	0.047^a
	Widow/widower	0.213	0.409	0.080	0.271	0.133^a
Household head education level	Primary level	0.377	0.485	0.261	0.439	0.116^a
	ZJC level	0.169	0.375	0.122	0.327	0.047^a
	O′ level	0.302	0.459	0.453	0.498	−0.150^a
	A’ level	0.013	0.113	0.034	0.181	−0.021^a
	Diploma/Certificate after primary	0.002	0.040	0.005	0.067	−0.003^a
	Diploma/Certificate after secondary	0.009	0.095	0.030	0.171	−0.021^a
	Graduate/Post-Graduate	0.006	0.077	0.020	0.139	−0.014^a
Household head religion:	Roman Catholic	0.080	0.272	0.077	0.266	0.004
	Protestant	0.084	0.277	0.087	0.283	−0.004
	Pentecostal	0.191	0.393	0.214	0.410	−0.023^b
	Apostolic Sect	0.270	0.444	0.296	0.456	−0.026^b
	Zion	0.101	0.301	0.074	0.262	0.027^a
	Traditional	0.024	0.154	0.017	0.130	0.007^c
	No religion	0.139	0.346	0.121	0.326	0.018^c
Household size		5.811	2.292	5.168	1.973	0.643^a
Monthly income		356.347	746.649	623.581	1315.069	−267.23^a
Mentally ill household members		0.185	0.520	0.115	0.391	0.070^a
Household members with mother alive		2.867	1.590	2.529	1.435	0.338^a
Household members with father alive		2.420	1.515	2.365	1.395	0.055
Household is located in rural areas		0.671	0.470	0.515	0.500	0.156^a
Province	Bulawayo	0.025	0.156	0.023	0.150	0.002
	Manicaland	0.067	0.250	0.097	0.296	−0.030^a
	Mash Central	0.094	0.292	0.117	0.321	−0.023^a
	Mash East	0.115	0.319	0.153	0.360	−0.038^a
	Mash West	0.126	0.332	0.139	0.346	−0.013
	Mat North	0.129	0.335	0.074	0.262	0.054^a
	Mat South	0.142	0.349	0.092	0.289	0.050^a
	Midlands	0.158	0.365	0.135	0.342	0.023^b
	Masvingo	0.085	0.279	0.085	0.279	0.000
	Harare	0.060	0.237	0.085	0.279	−0.025^a

Notes: The last column shows the results of two-tailed t-test for the difference in the means. ^a, ^b, and ^c indicate the 1, 5, and 10% levels of significance

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