Determinants of stunting and severe stunting among Burundian children aged 6-23 months: evidence from a national cross-sectional household survey, 2014

Table 1 Characteristics of children aged 6–23 months: national cross-sectional survey, Burundi 2014

Child characteristics	Number	Stunted	Not stunted	Severely stunted	Not severely stunted	%[95% CI]
Nutrition status	6199
Stunting		3291	2908	NA	NA	53.0% [51.8-54.3]
Severe stunting		NA	NA	1301	4898	20.9% [19.9-22.0]
Sex	6199
Male		1747	1281	778	2250	48.8% [47.6-50.0]
Female		1544	1627	523	2648	51.1% [49.9-52.4]
Age (months)	6199
6-11		843	1338	267	1914	35.1% [34.0-36.3]
12-17		1167	909	447	1609	33.4% [32.3-34.6]
18-23		1281	661	567	1375	31.3% [30.1-32.4]
Sickness episode within 2 weeks	6199
No		1324	1207	485	2046	40.8% [39.6-42.0]
Yes	3668	1967	1701	816	2852	59.1% [57.9-60.3]
Diarrhea		727	556	315	968	34.9% [33.4-36.5]
Fever		1086	919	472	1533	54.6% [53.0-56.7]
Respiratory infection		617	600	264	953	33.1% [31.6-34.7]
Breastfeeding practices
Has been breastfed	6197	3285	2906	1297	4895	99,9% [99.8-99.9]
Children weaned	6164	288	151	134	305	7.1% [6.4-7.7]
Exclusive 6 months breastfeeding	6074	2654	2308	1026	3936	81.6% [80.7-82.6]
Continuous to be breastfed
6-11 months	2176	839	1331	264	1906	99.7% [99.5-99.9]
12-17 months	2067	1097	855	438	1514	94.44% [93.4-95.4]
18-23 months	1921	1046	557	453	1150	83.4% [81.7-85.1]
Minimum acceptable diet
All	6144	834	701	316	1219	24.8% [23.9-26.0]
6-11months	2173	161	223	52	332	17.6% [16.0-19.2]
12-17 months	2060	310	258	120	448	27.5% [25.6-29.0]
18-23 months	1911	363	220	144	439	30.5% [28.4-32.5]
Place of delivery	6189
Home		600	395	247	748	16.0% [15.1-16.9]
Health facility		2683	2511	1050	4144	83.9% [83.0-84.8]
Birth weight proxy (Mother’s perception on size of the baby at birth)	6174
Large		579	767	191	1155	21.8% [20.7-22.8%]
Average		2157	1869	833	3193	65.2% [64.0-66.4]
Small		539	263	267	535	12.9% [12.1-13.8]

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