Table 3 Stunting trends by age, province, residence, maternal education and wealth index, KDHS

Total

M/F

2,996

39.5

37.3-41.7

2,951

37.1

34.9-39.2

3,033

36.1

33.9-38.4

3,051

36.5

33.6-39.5

2.681

0.102

M

1,805

41.7

38.9-44.7

1,511

39.5

36.8-42.2

1,827

38.8

36.0-41.6

1,822

36.9

33.7-40.2

4.634

0.032

F

1,191

36.0

32.8-39.3

1,440

34.5

31.7-37.5

1,206

32.1

29.0-35.4

1,229

35.9

31.7-40.3

0.089

0.766

Age

0-5 months

M

276

20.5

15.4-26.7

286

17.9

13.4-23.6

355

17.8

13.4-23.2

320

14.3

9.0-22.1

2.288

0.131

F

167

10.6

6.4-16.9

190

15.7

10.7-22.5

169

14.5

9.5-21.6

149

15.5

8.9-25.8

0.135

0.713

6-11 months

M

372

24.9

20.5-29.9

290

24.5

19.1-30.7

363

21.5

16.9-26.9

372

27.3

21.8-33.6

0.011

0.917

F

178

22.9

16.4-31.0

239

18.6

13.7-24.7

223

16.0

11.1-22.4

184

24.3

16.6-34.0

0.108

0.742

12-23 months

M

655

52.9

48.0-57.8

528

50.5

45.9-55.1

642

50.4

45.5-55.3

580

49.7

43.8-55.5

0.488

0.485

F

360

31.3

26.1-37.0

489

36.9

32.5-41.7

386

38.7

33.3-44.3

432

40.1

31.5-49.4

4.179

0.041

24-35 months

M

502

51.3

46.1-56.5

407

51.0

45.5-56.5

467

52.2

46.8-57.6

550

43.1

37.1-49.4

3.242

0.072

F

485

53.1

47.6-58.5

522

46.4

41.6-51.3

428

41.5

35.9-47.4

464

43.1

37.6-48.7

9.880

0.002

Province

Nairobi

M

65

61.7

46.3-75.1

120

32.3

24.0-41.8

111

29.2

22.0-37.6

85

30.4

20.9-41.9

8.505

0.005

F

46

18.2

10.7-29.1

66

27.8

15.4-44.9

89

18.4

11.8-27.6

73

30.6

20.8-42.6

0.880

0.351

Central

M

202

45.2

36.0-54.7

127

41.9

33.5-50.8

188

41.2

33.7-49.2

126

37.2

29.0-46.1

1.317

0.253

F

160

34.4

27.1-42.4

145

32.4

21.8-45.2

145

31.0

23.9-39.0

110

24.1

15.3-35.8

2.149

0.145

Coast

M

145

42.0

34.4-50.0

128

48.5

36.7-60.5

168

41.0

32.6-50.0

174

39.9

34.3-45.8

0.505

0.478

F

96

47.3

37.8-57.0

113

41.0

32.4-50.2

98

41.3

31.4-51.9

108

42.2

28.1-57.7

0.224

0.636

Eastern

M

345

46.3

39.5-53.2

238

42.3

36.5-48.4

319

42.6

35.0-50.5

269

43.1

37.1-49.4

0.457

0.500

F

246

45.5

37.5-53.8

261

38.9

32.5-45.7

189

33.7

24.4-44.5

235

39.7

31.9-48.1

1.249

0.265

Nyanza

M

297

40.6

34.7-46.8

310

33.8

28.0-40.1

279

33.2

27.3-39.7

381

30.8

26.1-35.9

5.347

0.022

F

191

37.9

31.2-45.1

307

33.5

27.4-40.1

204

32.2

25.1-40.2

220

35.0

28.1-42.6

0.262

0.609

Rift-Valley

M

420

39.1

32.9-45.6

393

39.8

36.1-43.7

516

40.3

35.0-45.8

545

41.2

33.5-49.4

0.178

0.673

F

269

27.6

22.0-34.0

346

32.9

27.4-38.9

318

32.7

27.0-38.9

326

38.3

27.3-50.6

2.240

0.136

Western

M

331

35.3

29.6-41.5

196

41.3

33.1-50.0

245

38.0

31.2-45.3

242

30.1

25.5-35.2

1.235

0.268

F

184

33.6

25.9-42.2

201

33.4

26.9-40.6

165

32.0

24.1-41.1

158

32.9

25.1-41.8

0.038

0.846

Residence

Urban

M

199

41.9

32.7-51.6

281

30.4

24.9-36.5

327

35.3

29.4-41.7

307

29.5

23.7-36.0

2.647

0.105

F

138

17.7

12.0-25.5

247

27.7

20.9-35.6

223

24.4

19.5-30.0

244

25.7

16.4-37.7

0.452

0.502

Rural

M

1,606

41.7

38.7-44.8

1,230

41.5

38.6-44.5

1,500

39.5

36.4-42.7

1,515

38.4

34.9-42.1

2.300

0.130

F

1,052

38.4

35.0-41.9

1,193

36.0

32.9-39.2

983

33.9

30.3-37.6

985

38.4

34.1-43.0

0.057

0.812

Maternal Education

No education

M

313

44.0

37.5-50.8

166

49.3

39.4-59.2

233

41.7

32.8-51.2

190

36.8

29.1-45.3

1.975

0.161

F

209

42.9

35.3-50.9

144

43.8

34.3-53.8

152

41.3

31.3-52.0

114

44.0

29.9-59.2

0.000

0.998

Incomplete primary

M

716

48.8

44.6-53.0

573

44.7

40.4-49.1

683

42.1

37.9-46.4

664

41.5

36.2-47.1

5.069

0.025

F

475

41.1

36.0-46.5

561

39.1

34.9-43.5

457

35.9

30.6-41.5

410

40.6

34.6-47.0

0.180

0.671

Complete primary

M

367

40.4

34.9-46.2

380

37.8

32.7-43.2

526

38.6

33.9-43.5

565

40.1

33.9-46.8

0.004

0.951

F

228

31.8

25.5-38.8

371

38.0

32.4-43.8

330

35.8

30.5-41.5

369

34.7

28.7-41.2

0.041

0.839

Incomplete secondary

M

367

29.3

23.5-35.9

139

31.9

23.8-41.2

165

39.4

30.2-49.4

156

27.8

20.0-37.3

0.229

0.633

F

232

24.3

18.7-31.0

135

27.5

20.5-35.8

96

21.1

13.0-32.3

112

27.4

18.3-38.7

0.043

0.836

Secondary +

M

42

24.0

12.6-40.9

254

28.0

22.7-34.0

219

25.2

19.7-31.5

247

23.1

16.7-31.1

0.700

0.403

F

46

31.2

18.1-48.2

228

16.0

11.6-21.7

171

12.8

8.8-18.2

224

29.3

20.9-39.5

1.749

0.187

Wealth Index

Poorest

M

405

48.6

42.8-54.5

384

50.6

44.5-56.6

448

45.8

40.9-50.8

450

42.9

36.8-49.3

2.568

0.110

F

281

44.0

37.8-50.5

353

44.0

38.1-50.1

261

40.4

33.4-47.9

268

46.6

39.8-53.4

0.066

0.797

Poorer

M

399

43.9

38.3-49.7

303

41.7

36.0-47.5

389

38.5

33.0-44.3

411

44.7

37.6-51.9

0.003

0.960

F

243

37.7

31.6-44.2

307

40.9

34.8-47.3

272

35.1

29.2-41.6

247

37.4

28.8-46.9

0.174

0.677

Middle

M

385

40.9

34.9-47.2

288

35.8

29.5-42.6

350

34.5

28.5-40.9

345

32.7

26.9-39.1

3.596

0.058

F

227

34.4

28.0-41.5

261

35.6

30.1-41.5

236

34.0

27.5-41.1

241

39.6

31.2-48.7

0.633

0.426

Richer

M

346

41.7

35.9-47.9

279

38.2

32.6-44.1

312

40.1

33.8-46.7

304

28.9

22.5-36.3

5.982

0.015

F

232

41.8

34.8-49.1

262

31.1

24.7-38.4

211

29.2

22.9-36.5

241

32.5

23.4-43.1

1.999

0.158

Richest

M

270

29.4

23.4-36.2

258

26.0

20.2-32.7

328

32.9

26.5-39.9

312

30.7

23.5-38.9

0.439

0.508

F

207

18.4

13.3-25.0

259

16.5

11.7-22.7

227

19.5

15.1-24.8

231

21.6

14.6-30.7

0.713

0.399