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Table 5 Prevalence of stunting by household, parental and child characteristics, for children under 2 years

From: Determinants of stunting among children under 2 years in urban informal settlements in Mumbai, India: evidence from a household census

  Stunting
n % N
Drinking water source
 Public/community tapstand 1063 38 2777
 Water tap at home 282 35 801
Toilet facility
 Public/shared 1152 39 2974
 Private 193 32 604
Socio-economic status
 Poorest 374 41 911
 Quartile 2 355 40 881
 Quartile 3 339 36 950
 Least poor 277 33 836
Religion
 Muslim 1116 37 2997
 Hindu 228 40 575
 Other 1 - 6
Father’s education
 No formal schooling 306 40 761
 Primary 71 43 167
 Secondary 839 37 2244
 Higher 103 30 345
Mother’s education
 No formal schooling 420 43 977
 Primary 69 40 171
 Secondary 766 36 2101
 Higher 90 27 329
Mother’s occupation
 Working 64 43 149
 Not working 1281 37 3429
Mother experienced physical violence
 Yes 67 54 124
 No 1254 37 3393
Birth interval
 < 24 months 291 45 644
 ≥ 24 months 708 36 1986
 First child 346 37 948
Intended pregnancy
 Yes 1004 36 2832
 No 207 42 499
Antenatal care
 4 or more ANC visits 1171 37 3196
 None or less than 4 visits 174 46 382
Place of delivery
 Hospital 1159 37 3140
 Home 186 42 438
Gender
 Girl 637 35 1795
 Boy 708 40 1783
Child age (months)
 0–5 182 21 861
 6–11 298 30 987
 12–17 419 44 943
 18–23 446 57 787
Age appropriate feeding
 No 1071 40 2693
 Yes 262 31 852
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