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

Table 4 Measurement differences by caregiver education and child age groups

Sample	Height (cm)				Stunting (HAZ < − 2)
Sample	Primary education or less	Secondary education or higher	Age < 6 months	Age > = 6 months	Primary education or less	Secondary education or higher	Age < 6 months	Age > = 6 months
Mean difference caregiver assessment	− 0.0509	− 0.0586	− 0.114	0.0550	− 0.00647	0.0452	0.0338	0.000315
(Standard error)	(0.311)	(0.274)	(0.286)	(0.320)	(0.0395)	(0.0374)	(0.0378)	(0.0432)
Sample size	1,184	778	1,208	754	1,184	778	1,208	754

Table shows estimated mean differences between interviewer and caregiver assessments for height (columns 1–4) and a binary stunting (HAZ < − 2) indicator (columns 5–8) 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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