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Characteristics of Households - Childinfo.org

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Table NU.1 shows the percentages <strong>of</strong> children classifiedinto each <strong>of</strong> these categories, based on anthropometricmeasurements taken during fieldwork. Additionally,the table includes the percentage <strong>of</strong> children who areoverweight, which takes into account those children whoseweight for height is above 2 standard deviations from themedian <strong>of</strong> the reference population, and mean z-scores forall three anthropometric indicators.Table NU.1: Nutritional status <strong>of</strong> children, Serbia, 2010Percentage <strong>of</strong> children under age 5 by nutritional status according to three anthropometric indices: weight for age, height for age, and weight for heightWeight for ageNumber<strong>of</strong>childrenunderage 5Height for ageNumber<strong>of</strong>childrenunderage 5Weight for heightUnderweightStuntedWasted OverweightMeanMeanpercent below Z-Scorepercent below Z-Scorepercent below percent above(SD)(SD)–2 SD 1 –3 SD 2 –2 SD 3 –3 SD 4 –2 SD 5 –3 SD 6 + 2 SDMeanZ-Score(SD)Number<strong>of</strong>childrenunderage 5SexMale 1.5 .5 .7 1472 5.9 2.7 .4 1337 2.7 .7 16.6 .7 1308Female 1.7 .5 .6 1532 7.2 3.7 .2 1408 4.2 .8 14.7 .6 1391RegionBelgrade 4.8 2.2 .6 583 8.3 4.3 .4 565 4.9 1.1 12.4 .5 547Vojvodina .6 .1 .6 933 5.1 1.9 .3 879 3.7 .5 12.5 .6 864Sumadija andWestern Serbia1.0 .1 .8 694 5.6 3.0 .4 639 1.5 .5 19.9 .8 632Southern andEastern Serbia.9 .1 .7 794 8.1 4.2 .2 661 4.1 1.1 18.3 .8 656AreaUrban 1.8 .4 .7 1657 5.5 1.8 .4 1531 3.8 .9 13.5 .6 1501Rural 1.3 .7 .6 1348 7.9 5.0 .2 1214 3.1 .6 18.2 .7 1198Age0–5 months 7.7 2.9 –.3 239 8.0 6.5 .1 226 13.0 3.3 7.6 –.3 2196–11 months 1.4 .7 .6 270 10.4 6.3 .2 237 2.7 1.7 18.4 .8 23712–23 months .8 .3 1.0 575 9.5 4.9 .3 504 3.6 .2 24.1 1.1 50224–35 months 2.6 .7 .7 674 6.5 2.5 .3 606 2.9 .5 15.0 .7 59736–47 months .2 .0 .8 574 5.3 2.0 .5 534 2.8 .5 15.8 .8 52848–59 months .3 .1 .6 672 3.5 1.2 .4 638 1.6 .5 10.9 .5 616Mother’s educationPrimary 1.7 .5 .4 423 7.6 4.0 –.1 386 2.8 1.5 16.3 .6 381Secondary 2.1 .8 .7 1754 7.6 3.9 .3 1600 3.8 .4 17.7 .7 1565Higher .4 .0 .8 796 3.5 .9 .5 729 3.4 1.2 10.8 .5 723Wealth index quintilePoorest 3.0 1.8 .4 530 9.3 6.1 –.1 488 5.2 1.3 15.5 .6 486Second 2.1 .9 .5 566 9.1 4.5 .1 528 1.2 .3 16.8 .7 516Middle .6 .2 .7 552 6.3 3.3 .4 496 2.9 .4 16.8 .7 485Fourth .1 .0 .8 603 6.0 2.0 .5 544 3.2 .5 17.9 .7 527Richest 2.1 .0 .8 753 3.4 .9 .5 690 4.7 1.2 12.1 .6 684Total 1.6 .5 .7 3004 6.6 3.2 .3 2745 3.5 .8 15.6 .7 26991MICS indicator 2.1a and MDG indicator 1.82MICS indicator 2.1b3MICS indicator 2.2a, 4 MICS indicator 2.2b5MICS indicator 2.3a, 6 MICS indicator 2.3b50MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010

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