Research Article
Stunting and Overweight among 12-24-Month-Old Children Receiving Vaccination in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Table 1
Baseline sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of participating children and mothers (n=768).
| | Variables | Values |
| | Children | | | Age (months) | 16.8 ± 4.2 | | Male | 397 (51.7) | | Low birth weight (< 2500 g) | 81 (10.5) | | Early breastfeeding (<1 hr after delivery) | 482 (62.8) | | Receiving complementary foods | | | < 6 months | 75 (9.8) | | ≥6 months | 693 (90.2) |
| | Mothers | | | Age (years) (n=767) | | | ≥ 18 and <25 | 68 (8.9) | | ≥ 25 and <40 | 652 (85.0) | | ≥ 40 | 47 (6.1) | | Occupation (n=737) | | | Government officer/ worker | 406 (55.1) | | Seller | 89 (12.1) | | Housewife | 242 (32.8) | | Education (n=767) | | | < Primary school | 116 (15.1) | | Secondary school | 229 (29.9) | | > High school | 422 (55.0) | | Gross household income (n=727) | | | Moderate | 691 (95.1) | | Poor, near-poor households | 36 (4.9) | | Number of children in household (n=767) | | | 1 | 375 (48.9) | | 2 | 318 (41.5) | | ≥ 3 | 74 (9.6) | | Residence location (n=767) | | | Rural | 202 (26.3) | | Urban | 565 (73.7) |
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Values are mean ± SD or frequency (percent). |
