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Table 1 Proportion of under-5 children with stunting, wasting, underweight and anemia by selected background characteristics, Ethiopia

From: Multiple anthropometric and nutritional deficiencies in young children in Ethiopia: a multi-level analysis based on a nationally representative data

Characteristicsa

Stunting

N (%)

Underweight

N (%)

Wasting

N (%)

Anemia

N= (%)

Sex of the child

 Male

1931 (43.4)

1209 (27.1)

421 (9.4)

2534 (57.7)

 Female

1575 (37.9)

965 (23.2)

388 (9.3)

2345 (57.5)

Place of residence

 Urban

262 (28.4)

134 (14.5)

80 (8.7)

424 (49.4)

 Rural

3244 (42.2)

2040 (26.5)

729 (9.5)

4455 (58.5)

Age of mother

 15-24

813 (37.9)

490 (22.7)

221 (10.3)

1106 (62.9)

 25-34

1920 (36.8)

1234 (23.6)

487 (9.3)

2661 (57.9)

 34+

947 (39.9)

590 (24.8)

261 (10.9)

1115 (52.3)

Religion

 Orthodox

1281 (43.1)

748 (25.1)

232 (7.8)

1384 (47.5)

 Muslim

1365 (39.2)

918 (26.4)

387 (11.1)

2314 (67.5)

 Others

859 (39.9)

507 (23.5)

190 (8.8)

1180 (55.3)

Education of mothers

 No education

2511 (43.8)

1663 (28.9)

592 (10.3)

3331 (58.6)

 Primary level

873 (37.8)

447 (19.4)

179 (7.8)

1295 (56.9)

 Secondary and above

123 (821.7)

63 (11.2)

38 (6.7)

252 (48.8)

Education of husband

 No education

1964 (45.0)

1292 (29.5)

457 (10.4)

2542 (58.7)

 Primary

1278 (38.7)

744 (22.5)

279 (8.4)

1876 (57.3)

 Secondary and higher

263 (28.1)

137 (14.6)

74 (7.9)

460 (52.8)

Household size

 1-3 members

346 (44.0)

204 (26.0)

76 (9.7)

472 (61.5)

 4-7 members

1764 (39.7)

1078 (24.2)

372 (8.4)

2412 (55.3)

 7+

1396 (41.3)

891 (26.3)

361 (10.6)

1995 (59.7)

Wealth index

 Poorest

1879 (46.8)

1268 (31.5)

457 (11.3)

2505 (63.0)

 Poorer

742 (40.5)

441 (24.1)

170 (9.3)

980 (53.8)

 Middle

886 (32.0)

464 (16.8)

182 (6.6)

1393 (52.0)

  1. aAll analysis were weighted