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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of undernourished children

From: Rotavirus A infection in children under five years old with a double health problem: undernutrition and diarrhoea – a cross-sectional study in four provinces of Mozambique

Variable

Categories

N = 842

%

Age in months

0–11

433

51.4

12–23

300

35.6

24–59

109

12.9

Sex

Male

473

56.2

Female

369

43.8

Vaccine period

Pre-vaccine (2015)

415

49.3

Post-vaccine (2016–2017)

427

50.7

Year of admission

2015

415

49.3

2016

317

37.6

2017

110

13.1

Province

Maputo

428

50.8

Sofala

42

5.0

Nampula

324

38.5

Zambézia

48

5.7

Number of family members in the household

<5

306

36.3

≥5

493

58.6

Unknown/ missing

43

5.1

Number of children under five in the household

<5

723

85.9

≥5

77

9.1

Unknown/ missing

42

5.0

Type of house

Brick

481

57.1

Mud and Reed

289

34.3

Unknown/ missing

72

8.6

Care giver age

≥20

139

16.5

21–30

449

53.3

> 30

220

26.1

Unknown/ missing

34

4.0

Type of food by age groups

Exclusive breastfeeding

218

25.9

0–5 months

35

45.5

6–24 months

182

27.8

≥25 months

1

1.1

Breastfeeding and formula

292

34.7

0–5 months

13

16.9

6–24 months

239

36.5

≥25 months

40

42.1

Formula only

41

4.9

0–5 months

16

20.8

6–24 months

22

3.4

≥25 months

3

3.2

Other

275

32.7

0–5 months

13

16.9

6–24 months

211

32.3

≥25 months

51

53.7

Unknown/ missing

16

1.9