Table 1 Descriptive statistics of sample children aged 0–59 months (n = 203,533)

Dependent variable

 Height-for-age z-score

-1.483

0.004

 Weight-for-age z-score

-1.521

0.003

Independent variable

 Child’s age (in months)

30.249

0.037

 Mother’s age at marriage

18.890

0.008

 Mother’s height (in cm)

151.757

0.013

 Mother’s BMI (in kg/m²)

21.208

0.008

 % Poor household in the community

50.754

0.074

 % Household practices open defecation in the community

43.955

0.079

 % Mother not having primary schooling in the community

31.289

0.063

 % Children (6–23 months) vaccinated in the district

61.827

0.037

 Rate of under-five mortality in the district (per 1000 births)

48.785

0.093

Weighted %

n

Male

51.98

105,385

First born

37.97

74,711

Second born

32.31

63,177

Third born

15.54

33,140

Fourth or later born

14.19

32,505

Born with larger than average birth size

18.92

34,237

Born with average birth size

69.45

145,777

Born with small or very small birth size

11.63

23,519

Born with short preceding birth interval (< 24 months)

16.34

33,291

Mother completed primary schooling

13.93

29,342

Mother completed secondary schooling

46.29

93,753

Mother completed higher education

10.36

18,916

Mother has media exposure

65.46

129,109

Household uses solid cooking fuel

44.45

105,068

Richest

14.99

28,329

Rich

21.80

34,631

Middle

19.91

41,022

Poor

21.80

47,678

Poorest

24.79

51,873

Urban residence

28.30

49,156