Age group (years) | 4 to 13 | 4 to 8 | 9 to 13 | P-value | |||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
771 | 100 | 390 | 50.6 | 381 | 49.4 | ||
Sociodemographic Characteristics | |||||||
Sex | |||||||
 Boys | 400 | 51.9 | 196 | 50.3 | 204 | 53.5 | 0.361 |
 Girls | 371 | 48.1 | 194 | 49.7 | 177 | 46.5 | |
Governorate | |||||||
 Beirut | 92 | 11.9 | 54 | 13.8 | 38 | 10.0 | 0.313 |
 Mount Lebanon | 302 | 39.2 | 154 | 39.5 | 148 | 38.8 | |
 North Lebanon | 148 | 19.2 | 68 | 17.4 | 80 | 21.0 | |
 South and Nabatieh | 130 | 16.9 | 61 | 15.6 | 69 | 18.1 | |
 Bekaa | 99 | 12.8 | 53 | 13.6 | 46 | 12.1 | |
Household monthly income (Lebanese pounds) a | |||||||
 < 1,000,000 | 312 | 40.5 | 153 | 39.2 | 159 | 41.7 | 0.421 |
 1,000,000–2,000,000 | 289 | 37.5 | 156 | 40.0 | 133 | 34.9 | |
  > 2,000–000 | 159 | 20.6 | 77 | 19.7 | 82 | 21.5 | |
 Do not know / Refused to answer | 11 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.8 | |
Crowding Index | |||||||
 < 2 persons/room | 539 | 70.1 | 275 | 70.9 | 264 | 69.3 | 0.631 |
  ≥ 2 persons/room | 230 | 29.9 | 113 | 29.1 | 117 | 30.7 | |
Education of mother | |||||||
 Less than elementary b | 14 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 11 | 2.9 | 0.037 |
 Elementary-secondary c | 586 | 76.0 | 292 | 74.9 | 294 | 77.2 | |
 College | 171 | 22.2 | 95 | 24.4 | 76 | 19.9 | |
Education of father | |||||||
 Less than elementary b | 25 | 3.3 | 13 | 3.3 | 12 | 3.2 | 0.933 |
 Elementary-secondary c | 632 | 82.5 | 319 | 82.0 | 313 | 83.0 | |
 College | 109 | 14.2 | 57 | 14.6 | 52 | 13.8 | |
Mother employed | |||||||
 Yes | 194 | 25.2 | 106 | 27.2 | 88 | 23.1 | 0.185 |
 No | 576 | 74.8 | 283 | 72.8 | 293 | 76.9 | |
Father employed | |||||||
 Yes | 739 | 96.6 | 376 | 96.7 | 363 | 96.5 | 0.930 |
 No | 26 | 3.4 | 13 | 3.3 | 13 | 3.5 | |
Anthropometric Characteristics | |||||||
Height for age d | |||||||
 Stunted (HAZ < -2SD) | 30 | 3.9 | 22 | 5.7 | 8 | 2.1 | 0.011 |
  Not stunted | 740 | 96.1 | 367 | 94.3 | 373 | 97.9 | |
BMI Status e | |||||||
 Wasted (BAZ < -2SD) | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.238 |
 Normal | 426 | 55.4 | 229 | 59.0 | 197 | 51.7 | |
 At risk of overweight/Overweight f(BAZ >  + 1SD) | 182 | 23.7 | 85 | 21.9 | 97 | 25.5 | |
 Obese (BAZ >  + 2SD) | 155 | 20.2 | 71 | 18.3 | 84 | 22.0 |