Research Article

Does Household Food Insecurity Affect the Nutritional Status of Preschool Children Aged 6–36 Months?

Table 6

Comparison of mean FCS, HDDS and HFIAS stratified by chronic malnutrition (N = 337).

N MeanStd. deviation95% Confidence interval for meanTest statistic
Lower boundUpper bound

Household wealth index
 Normal2357.62.07.37.9F(1, 333) = 5.6,
 Stunted996.92.56.57.5
 Total3347.42.27.27.7
FCS
 Normal23661.821.459.164.6F(1, 332) = 4.8,
 Stunted9956.221.551.960.5
 Total33560.121.657.862.5
HDDS
 Normal23513.63.513.114.0F(1, 332) = 3.2,
 Stunted9912.83.912.013.6
 Total33413.33.712.913.7
HFIAS
 Normal2353.92.13.64.1F(1, 332) = 0.5,
 Stunted994.12.13.64.5
 Total3343.92.13.74.2