Table 1 Summary of selected background characteristics (n = 2716)
From: Simultaneous quantile regression and determinants of under-five severe chronic malnutrition in Ghana
Variables | n(%) |
|---|---|
Severely stunted | |
 No | 2572 (94.7) |
 Yes | 144 (5.3) |
Type of birth | |
 Single | 2593 (95.5) |
 Multiple | 123 (4.5) |
Sex | |
 Male | 1406 (51.8) |
 Female | 1310 (48.2) |
Age | |
 0–24 months | 1217 (44.8) |
 25–59 months | 1499 (55.2) |
Had diarrhoea | |
 No | 2385 (87.8) |
 Yes | 331 (12.2) |
Had fever | |
 No | 2302 (84.8) |
 Yes | 414 (15.2) |
Place of delivery | |
 Health facility | 1866 (68.7) |
 Home | 850 (31.3) |
Size at birth | |
 Large/average | 2273 (83.7) |
 Small | 443 (16.3) |
  < 26 years | 715 (26.3) |
 26–35 years | 1334 (49.1) |
  > 35 years | 667 (24.6) |
Number of children < 5 years | |
1–3 | 1477 (54.4) |
  > 3 | 1239 (45.6) |
Health insurance status | |
 Had no health insurance | 812 (29.9) |
 Had health insurance | 1904 (70.1) |
Currently breastfeeding | |
 No | 1103 (40.6) |
 Yes | 1613 (59.4) |
Wealth status | |
 Average/ rich | 1255 (46.2) |
 Poor | 1461 (53.8) |
Maternal educational level | |
 Primary/higher | 1744 (64.2) |
 No formal education | 972 (35.8) |