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14.VI. RESULTS OF THE ANTHROPOMETRICS SURVEY.VI.1. Distribution by Age and Sex916 children have been measured during the survey.Table 3 Distribution by Age and SexAGE(In months)BOYS GIRLS TOTALN % N % N %SexRatio06 – 17 125 43.9 160 56.1 285 31.1 0.7818 – 29 108 52.2 99 47.8 207 22.6 1.0930 – 41 96 52.7 86 47.3 182 19.9 1.1242 – 53 70 53.0 62 47.0 132 14.4 1.1354 – 59 44 40.0 66 60.0 110 12.0 0.67Total 443 48.4% 473 51.6% 916 100% 0.94The overall sex ratio of 0.94 allows the validation of the sample selection, since it lies within the acceptedbenchmark range of 0.80 - 1.20.Figure 1 Distribution by Age and SexFigure 1: Distribution by age and sex, Athoc payams, 200554-5942-53Age in mont30-41BoysGirls18-2906-17-60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60%PercentageThere is a slight over representation of the 6-17 months and under representation of 42-53 months age groups.This can be attributed to ages given by parents (caretakers) during the survey being approximate and aresubject to strong recall bias. Dates of birth were not known and a local calendar of events had to be used toestimate the ages.