Table 1 Selected household characteristics overall and by country (n = 789)
From: Household food access and child malnutrition: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study
| Â | Â | Overall | Bangladesh | Brazil | India | Nepal | Pakistan | Peru | South Africa | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Sample size | 789 | 99 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 99 |
SES Indicators | Owns bank account (%) | 31 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 62 | 39 | 15 | 76 | 2 |
People per room (mean)* | 1.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | |
Mean maternal education (years) | 6.4 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 5.3 | |
Owns Mattress (%) | 58 | 66 | 98 | 1 | 99 | 13 | 82 | 66 | 39 | |
Owns mobile phone (%) | 68 | 63 | 81 | 53 | 96 | 68 | 31 | 96 | 54 | |
Owns radio or transistor (%) | 41 | 11 | 74 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 55 | 82 | 46 | |
Has electricity (%) | 84 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 85 | 94 | 0 | |
| Â | Owns table (%) | 57 | 29 | 86 | 21 | 65 | 50 | 100 | 74 | 33 |
Hygiene Indicators | Improved water source (%) | 86 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 65 | 28 |
| Â | Improved sanitation facility (%) | 72 | 100 | 100 | 37 | 100 | 74 | 84 | 84 | 1 |
Food Access Insecurity Categories§ | Food secure (%) | 37.5 | 33.3 | 32.7 | 30.0 | 73.0 | 22.5 | 20.2 | 20.8 | 66.7 |
Mildly insecure (%) | 11.4 | 15.2 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 12.2 | 27.3 | 9.4 | 6.1 | |
Moderately insecure (%) | 27.5 | 33.3 | 11.2 | 29.0 | 12.0 | 48.0 | 29.3 | 40.6 | 17.2 | |
Severely insecure (%) | 23.6 | 18.2 | 46.9 | 36.0 | 8.0 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 29.2 | 10.1 |