Consumption of animal source foods and dietary diversity reduce stunting in children in Cambodia

Table 2 Prevalence of stunting, underweight, wasting, and diarrhea by socioeconomic and geographic characteristics

Socioeconomic and geographic variables	Stunting		Underweight		Wasting		Diarrhea
Socioeconomic and geographic variables	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Household wealth quintile
Poorest	515	55.7	515	33.2	515	8.2	1151	22.2
Poorer	420	54.7	420	34.5	420	10.3	914	22.3
Middle	337	49.9	337	27.9	337	6.2	662	20.1
Richer	311	41.2	311	27.7	311	4.2	646	20.3
Richest	325	25.9	325	16.0	325	7.1	654	15.6
Trend P	<0.01		<0.01		0.06		<0.01
Education of mother
None	469	57.4	469	32.0	469	8.5	990	22.2
Primary	1106	47.8	1106	30.3	1106	7.3	2364	20.6
Secondary or higher	332	29.5	332	19.0	332	6.0	673	17.5
Trend P	<0.01		<0.01		0.18		0.02
Geographical area
Near the Tolesap lake	660	56.1	660	31.5	660	6.7	1360	19.2
Coastal	169	40.8	169	25.6	169	6.0	319	11.9
Plateau or moutain	263	51.0	263	31.6	263	8.4	552	20.3
Plain or Phnom Penh	815	39.6	815	26.3	815	8.0	1794	23.1
P	<0.01		0.08		0.62		<0.01
Residential location
Rural	1635	48.3	1635	29.0	1635	7.3	3466	21.0
Urban	272	39.3	272	27.2	272	8.5	561	17.3
P	<0.01		0.55		0.49		0.04

The P value for the association between child nutritional status or diarrhea and a socioeconomic or a geographic variable was obtained by a chi-square test for trend (trend P) or by a chi-square test (P).