Table 1 Percentage distribution of nutritional status of children according to background characteristics in Pakistan

Age in months

  00–12

8.9

22.3

5.2

26.6

9.4

20.6

  13–24

13.2

33.4

2.4

19.4

6.2

17.5

  25–36

22.7

47.1

1.6

16.8

8.8

26.4

  37–48

23.4

47.2

1.5

16.1

8.0

25.1

  49–60

18.6

38.9

0.6

16.1

8.8

25.5

Place of residence

  Urban

12.5

31.5

2.2

6.6

6.0

19.4

  Rural

19.6

40.6

2.4

7.2

9.4

24.7

Educational attainment mother

  No Education

25.0

47.7

2.6

8.8

12.7

31.7

  Primary

13.9

38.7

2.8

5.3

5.7

19.5

  Secondary

9.2

28.3

1.4

5.6

4.0

15.1

  Higher

6.9

16.2

2.3

5.1

2.2

8.5

Source of drinking water

  Piped water

13.0

33.4

2.0

8.0

6.3

22.2

  Tube well/borewell

17.5

38.1

1.8

6.0

9.0

22.7

  Protected well

31.9

55.8

5.8

12.6

7.8

34.5

  Unprotected well

29.0

59.0

7.2

12.8

22.5

46.4

  River/dam/springs

32.0

53.9

7.3

13.0

15.6

36.3

  Others

17.6

34.2

3.0

6.5

4.5

16.1

Type of fuel used for cooking

  Clean

10.4

30.3

2.0

7.0

4.7

17.6

  Wood

22.0

41.8

2.4

6.4

11.0

26.1

  Crop residual

17.4

49.2

0.0

4.9

7.7

25.7

  Animal dung

34.0

51.4

4.3

15.1

23.7

51.3

  Others

23.7

45.0

4.5

8.6

7.7

23.2

Current marital status of mother

  Currently married

17.3

37.8

2.3

7.0

8.3

23.1

  Others

10.5

21.4

0.9

6.9

5.8

11.8

Sex of household H

  Male

17.4

38.2

2.4

7.4

8.8

24.0

  Female

15.8

32.9

1.3

3.5

3.5

14.1

Type of toilet facilities

  Flush toilet

13.0

33.2

2.3

6.7

5.9

19.1

  Pit latrine

33.7

53.1

4.0

9.7

18.4

42.8

  Open

31.2

52.2

2.0

7.7

19.2

37.7

  Other

28.2

50.6

2.4

6.8

4.8

22.2

BMI of mothers

  Underweight

25.6

45.6

2.3

9.9

16.6

37.1

  Normal

21.7

43.1

3.2

9.2

9.8

26.2

  Overweight

16.8

34.0

3.0

7.0

6.8

19.5

  Obese

12.1

29.5

3.5

6.4

4.0

14.4

Wealth quintile

  Poorest

34.9

56.1

2.6

9.5

20.2

41.0

  Poorer

19.2

44.9

4.1

9.4

9.2

27.4

  Middle

10.9

31.2

1.4

4.8

3.2

14.8

  Richer

12.1

30.8

1.9

7.2

4.4

18.0

  Richest

7.7

22.9

1.4

3.6

3.2

11.4

  Total

17.2

37.6

2.3

7.0

8.3

22.9