Table 1 Descriptive statistics.
Sample characteristics | Rwanda | Eastern province | Nyagatare |
|---|---|---|---|
% (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |
Child Nutrition | |||
Stunting | 35.1(1207) | 31.4 (260) | 32.4 (47) |
Wasting | 1.1 (38) | 0.97 (8) | - |
Underweight | 7.8(267) | 7.7 (64) | 3.5 (5) |
ASF consumption (Any) | 39.5 (727) | 44.1 (182) | 50 (34) |
Milk | 26.3 (483) | 34.1 (141) | 45.6 (31) |
Eggs | 5.8 (106) | 5.6 (23) | 4.4 (3) |
Fish | 14.4 (265) | 15.7 (65) | 8.8 (6) |
Meat | 3.3 (60) | 3.2 (13) | 2.9 (2) |
Livestock | |||
Livestock ownership | 46.4 (1594) | 47.9 (397) | 51.0 (74) |
Tropical livestock Unit (TLU) (mean) | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.2 |
Number of large ruminants (mean) | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.1 |
Number of small ruminants (mean) | 0.46 | 0.75 | 0.86 |
Birth order | |||
Firstborn | 23.9 (821) | 23.6 (196) | 18.6 (27) |
2–4 | 54.3 (1867) | 53.8 (446) | 60 (87) |
> -5 | 21.8 (750) | 22.6 (187) | 21.4 (31) |
Child size at birth | |||
Small | 17.3 (591) | 16.4 (134) | 12.1 (17) |
Average | 52 (1778) | 52.4 (429) | 52.1 (73) |
Large | 30.7 (1050) | 31.2 (255) | 35.7 (50) |
Mother’s age (mean) | 32.1 | 31.8 | 31.8 |
Child slept under mosquito net | 51.2 (1755) | 41.9 (346) | 49.3 (71) |
Had diarrhea recently | 15.9 (2891) | 12.7 (105) | 15.2 (22) |
Had fever in last two weeks | 19.7 (676) | 17.7 (147) | 20.7 (30) |
Attended ANC visits | |||
No | 1.9 (50) | 2.04 (13) | 4.8(5) |
1–3 | 51.4 (1335) | 54.9 (350) | 54.3(57) |
4 and more | 46.7 (1213) | 43.1(275) | 40.9 (43) |
Mother’s Education level | |||
No education | 11.9 (410) | 11.2 (93) | 11.0 (16) |
Primary | 65.5 (2253) | 68.2 (565) | 73.8 (107) |
Secondary | 17.9 (616) | 17.0 (141) | 13.8 (20) |
Higher | 4.6 (159) | 3.6 (30) | 1.4 (2) |
Mother’s Body Mass Index (mean) | 2731.38 | 2371.4 | 2386.1 |
Mother is anemic | 12.1 (415) | 10.6 (88) | 5.5 (8) |
Smoking | 0.6 (20) | 0.6 (5) | 0.7 (1) |
Own agricultural land | 57.5(1975) | 56.2 (466) | 48.9 (71) |
Health insurance coverage | 79.6 (2738) | 77.7 (644) | 77.2 (112) |
Has bank account | 48.3 (1662) | 39.3 (326) | 31.0 (45) |
Wealth index | |||
Poorest | 23.9 (824) | 20.8 (172) | 22.1 (32) |
Poorer | 20.8 (714) | 21.4 (177) | 23.5 (34) |
Middle | 18.9 (651) | 22.8 (189) | 26.9 (39) |
Richer | 18.2 (627) | 21.4 (177) | 18.6 (27) |
Richest | 18.1 (622) | 13.8 (114) | 8.9 (13) |
Improved fuel | 2.8 (94) | 1.7 (14) | 1.4 (2) |
Improved water | 83.8 (2568) | 88.8(552) | 80.9 (72) |
Improved toilet | 74.2 (2159) | 78.6(176) | 88.9 (129) |
Elevation | |||
Less than 1000 m | 0.3 (9) | ||
1000–1500 m | 27.9 (960) | 61.8 (512) | 90.3 (131) |
1500–2000 m | 54.2 (1863) | 38.2 (317) | 9.7 (14) |
2000–2500 m | 17.2 (592) | ||
More than 2500 | 0.41 (14) | ||
Place of residence | |||
Rural | 79 (2716) | 87.2 (723) | 80 (116) |
Urban | 21 (722) | 12.8 (106) | 20 (29) |
Sample | 3,438 | 829 | 145 |
