Table 1 Factors affecting child nutritional status: definitions and types of determinants
Determinants | Variable definition and type |
|---|---|
Asymptomatic malaria | Positive Blood smear with no symptoms |
Stunting | Z-score < − 2.0 |
Moderate stunting | Height/length for age ≥ − 3.0 and < − 2.0 |
Severe stunting | Height/length for age < − 3.0 |
Wasting | Z-score < − 2.0 |
Moderate wasting | Weight for height/length ≥ − 3.0 and < − 2.0 |
Severe wasting | Weight-for-length/height < − 3.0 |
Underweight | Z-score < − 2.0 |
Moderate underweight | Weight-for-age ≥ − 3.0 and < − 2.0 |
Severe underweight | Weight-for-age < − 3.0 |
Age | < 24 months or ≥ 24 months (binary) |
Sex | Female/male (binary cisgender) |
Residence | Rural or urban (binary) |
Maternal education | No education of the child’s mother or at least primary school of the child’s mother or secondary and high school of the child’s mother |
Wealth index | Poor: poorest and poorer categories Rich: middle, richer, and richest categories |
Region | Kigali, South, North, Western, or East |
Year of the survey | 2010, 2015, 2020 |
Iodine | Iodine levels in salt are determined at RBS per salt specimens collected at households |