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Table 3 Measurement differences across interviewer-only and caregiver-only samples

From: Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia

 

Outcome

Mid-upper arm circumference (mm)

Height (cm)

Weight (kgs)

HAZ <− 2

WAZ <  2

WHZ <  2

Unadjusted

Mean difference caregiver assessment

3.916***

1.640***

0.390***

0.0212

− 0.00738

− 0.00109

(Standard error)

(0.753)

(0.248)

(0.0560)

(0.0215)

(0.0134)

(0.00892)

Sample size

2,178

2,178

2,178

2,178

2,178

2,178

Adjusted

Mean difference caregiver assessment

1.374

− 0.0129

− 0.0589

0.0166

0.00311

0.0229

(Standard error)

(1.069)

(0.210)

(0.0599)

(0.0269)

(0.0182)

(0.0143)

Sample size

1,962

1,962

1,962

1,962

1,962

1,962

Mean value interviewer assessment

136.9

62.99

6.817

0.201

0.091

0.039

  1. Table shows estimated mean differences between interviewer and caregiver assessments for the six separate anthropometric outcomes among children assessed by either standard or caregiver protocols. Standard errors are shown in parentheses. All models are estimated using ordinary least squares regression models with heteroscedasticity-robust standard errors to account for the non-normality of residuals clustered at the enumeration area level
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