A Tool to Improve Accuracy of Parental Measurements of Preschool Child Height

Table 1

Characteristics of participants and accuracy of child height measurements.

Phase; Round	Parent’s age in years	Education		Number of children <18 in household	Absolute mean difference in inches (cm) between parent and researcher measured child heights
	Mean SD	Percent with secondary education or less	Percent with postsecondary education	Mean SD	Mean SD
Phase A
Round 1 ()		0%	100%		0.23 ± 0.23; (0.58 ± 0.58)
Round 2 ()		0%	100%		0.60 ± 0.65; (1.52 ± 1.65)^a
Round 3 ()	b	100%	0%	b	1.38 ± 2.12; (3.51 ± 5.38)
Phase B
Round 1 ()		44%	66%		1.66 ± 1.97; (4.22 ± 5.00)
Round 2 ()		54%	46%		0.71 ± 0.99; (1.80 ± 2.51)^c
Round 3 ()		40%	60%		1.55 ± 1.04; (3.94 ± 2.64)
Round 4 ()		50%	50%		0.35 ± 0.40; (0.89 ± 1.02)

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