Table 7 Trends in stunting among Ghanaian children by household wealth quintile, 0-36 Months 1993 to 2008 with 95% CI
1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | C.I | % | C.I | % | C.I | % | C.I | p | X 2 | Total N |
Wealth | |||||||||||
Poorest | |||||||||||
Male | 51,3 | 44.2, 58.4 | 30,8 | 25.2, 36.9 | 47,2 | 41.2, 53.3 | 32,1 | 25.9, 39.1 | 0,001 | 27,446 | 1031 |
Female | 37,1 | 30.7, 44.0 | 29,9 | 24.6, 35.8 | 39,7 | 34.1, 45.7 | 26.0 | 20.3, 32.6 | 0,009 | 11,667 | 1081 |
Poorer | |||||||||||
Male | 44.0 | 37.6, 50.6 | 24,9 | 18.9, 32.2 | 33,8 | 27.1, 41.1 | 34,1 | 26.7, 42.4 | 0,001 | 15,649 | 770 |
Female | 28.3 | 22.5, 34.9 | 24.0 | 18.3, 30.9 | 29,4 | 23.5, 36.0 | 27,3 | 20.8, 34.9 | 0,671 | 1,549 | 790 |
Middle | |||||||||||
Male | 37,7 | 31.4, 44.3 | 35,2 | 28.2, 43.0 | 41.0 | 33.6, 48.8 | 32,1 | 24.4, 40.8 | 0,376 | 3,103 | 698 |
Female | 36,1 | 29.4, 43.1 | 24.5 | 18.6, 31.7 | 32,1 | 25.2, 39.9 | 18.3 | 12.1, 26.8 | 0,002 | 14,387 | 654 |
Richer | |||||||||||
Male | 31.1 | 24.9, 38.0 | 23.0 | 16.8, 30.8 | 31,2 | 23.7, 39.8 | 20,6 | 14.2, 29.1 | 0,084 | 6,661 | 596 |
Female | 29.2 | 23.3, 36.0 | 14,8 | 9.7, 21.9 | 23.6 | 16.3, 32.9 | 21.6 | 15.1, 29.8 | 0,016 | 10,285 | 597 |
Richest | |||||||||||
Male | 18.7 | 13.4, 25.4 | 25,8 | 18.6, 34.7 | 28.5 | 21.3, 37.0 | 23.4 | 14.9, 34.8 | 0,219 | 4,43 | 508 |
Female | 13.5 | 9.0, 19.9 | 13.9 | 8.3, 22.3 | 16.9 | 11.1, 24.9 | 12.9 | 7.2, 22.2 | 0,841 | 0,834 | 480 |
Total sample | 1934 | 1754 | 1992 | 1525 | 7205 | ||||||