Research Article
Malnutrition among 6–59-Month-Old Children at District 2 Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Table 1
Characteristics of participants (n=225).
| | Characteristics of mothers | N (%) |
| | Mother’s age (years) | | | ≥ 18 and <25 | 35 (15.6) | | ≥ 25 and <35 | 151 (67.1) | | ≥ 35 | 39 (17.3) | | Occupation | | | Housewife | 39 (17.3) | | Government officer/office worker | 55 (24.4) | | Seller | 131 (58.3) | | Education | | | Primary school | 101 (44.9) | | Secondary school | 111 (49.3) | | High school and higher | 13 (5.8) | | Gross household income | | | Moderate | 206 (91.6) | | Poor, near-poor households | 19 (8.4) | | Number of children in household | | | 1 | 87 (38.7) | | 2 | 111 (49.3) | | ≥ 3 | 27 (12.0) |
| | Characteristics of children | N (%) |
| | Gender (Male) | 116 (51.6%) | | Age (months) | | | 6 - 11 | 41 (18.2) | | 12 - 23 | 62 (27.6) | | 24 - 35 | 47 (20.9) | | 36 - 59 | 75 (33.3) | | Nutrition history | | | Breastfeeding in the first hour after birth (yes) | 199 (88.4) | | Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of | 77 (34.2) | | life (yes) | | Age of starting complementary foods (≥6 months) | 14 (6.4) | | (n=219) | | Getting full vaccination (yes) | 201 (89.3) | | Anaemia(n=124) | 38 (30.6) | | Existing diseases | | | Acute respiratory infections | 183 (81.3) | | Diarrhea | 22 (9.8) | | Normal birth weight (≥ 2500 g) | 210 (93.3) |
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