Table 2 Relationship of the mother’s characteristics and the children´s gender to the children’s height-for-age Z-scores, n = 375

Place of residency

 Rural

119 (32)

−1.27

0.87

 Urban

256 (68)

−0.87

1.01

<0.01

Mother’s education

 ≤ 3rd grade

167 (45)

−1.26

0.96

 > 3rd grade

208 (55)

−0.79

0.95

<0.01

Parity

 ≥ 2

230 (61)

−1.15

0.97

 1

145 (39)

−0.77

0.96

<0.01

S. status

 Poor

215 (57)

−1.14

0.90

 Non-poor

160 (43)

−0.81

1.01

<0.01

Emotional distress

 SRQ ≥ 7

146 (39)

−1.21

0.93

 SRQ ≤ 6

229 (61)

−0.87

0.99

<0.01

Child gender

 Boy

178 (47)

−1.01

0.93

 Girl

197 (53)

−0.99

1.03

0.90