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Nutritional Status of Childrenin Roma SettlementsTable NU.1R shows the percentages of Roma childrenclassified into each of these categories, based on theanthropometric measurements that were taken duringfieldwork. Additionally, the table includes the percentageof children who are overweight, which takes into accountthose children whose weight for height is above 2 standarddeviations from the median of the reference population,and mean z-scores for all three anthropometric indicators.Children whose measurements are outside a plausiblerange are excluded from Table NU.1R. Children areexcluded from one or more of the anthropometricTable NU.1R: Nutritional status of children, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of children under age 5 by nutritional status according to three anthropometric indices: weight for age, height for age, and weight for heightWeight for age Number Height for age NumberWeight for heightNumberUnderweightof StuntedofWasted OverweightofMean childrenMean childrenMean childrenpercent below Z-Score under percent below Z-Score under percent below percent above Z-Score under(SD) age 5(SD) age 5(SD)–2 SD 1 –3 SD 2 –2 SD 3 –3 SD 4 –2 SD 5 –3 SD 6 +2 SDage 5SexMale 6.6 1.3 –.1 718 24.6 11.2 –.8 656 4.5 2.5 12.8 .4 634Female 6.5 1.6 –.1 694 22.5 8.2 –.7 616 6.0 2.4 12.7 .4 602AreaUrban 5.2 .9 .0 940 19.3 8.0 –.5 848 4.9 2.3 13.9 .5 811Rural 9.3 2.5 –.4 472 32.1 13.2 –1.3 424 5.9 2.7 10.5 .4 425Age0–5 months 8.1 6.2 –.6 120 35.5 14.4 –1.1 95 8.1 3.1 18.2 .4 846–11 months 1.9 .0 .2 102 20.1 13.8 –.8 91 2.2 .4 17.8 .7 8812–23 months 8.7 1.8 –.1 304 36.9 19.2 –1.4 261 7.1 1.3 20.2 .7 27024–35 months 7.3 .8 –.1 315 18.6 6.3 –.6 285 5.8 3.1 10.3 .4 28836–47 months 3.8 1.2 –.2 267 17.9 6.3 –.6 250 6.0 5.0 10.0 .3 24648–59 months 7.1 .6 –.1 303 18.6 4.6 –.4 290 2.0 .9 6.9 .3 260Mother’s educationNone 8.5 2.3 –.3 277 32.8 12.2 –1.2 250 3.8 .6 10.8 .6 243Primary 6.7 1.2 –.1 989 22.7 9.9 –.7 892 5.4 2.6 13.1 .4 871Secondary 2.4 1.3 .1 139 11.7 3.6 .0 122 7.3 5.1 13.5 .4 115Wealth index quintilePoorest 11.4 3.2 –.4 352 39.3 14.9 –1.4 315 3.2 .6 11.7 .7 307Second 5.4 1.5 –.2 335 23.7 11.0 –1.1 307 1.9 .9 12.3 .5 301Middle 2.2 .7 .1 253 16.6 7.5 –.2 224 11.9 6.6 13.5 .2 213Fourth 7.3 .2 .0 245 17.7 7.4 –.7 226 3.6 1.3 15.5 .4 224Richest 5.0 .8 .1 227 13.1 4.6 .0 199 8.1 4.4 11.0 .3 191Total 6.6 1.4 –.1 1412 23.6 9.7 –.8 1272 5.2 2.4 12.8 .4 12361MICS 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 2.3bMONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 53