No. of household members | 5.9±0.1 | 5.8±0.1 | .96 |
Age of mother, years | 33.7±0.4 | 32.8±0.5 | .20 |
Age of father, years | 40.1±1.1 | 37.6±1.0 | .00 |
No. of children | 3.5±0.1 | 3.4 | .78 |
Age of index child, months | 19.6±0.4 | 19.9±0.4 | .97 |
Sex of index child, % male | 46.6 | 46.9 | .71 |
Marital status of mother | | | .76 |
Single | 23.2 | 29.4 | |
Married | 72.1 | 66.7 | |
Widowed | 2.1 | 1.8 | |
Separated/divorced | 2.6 | 2.2 | |
Index mothers who are household heads, % | 5.6 | 6.6 | |
Mother’s occupation | | | .74 |
Farmer | 95.7 | 92.5 | |
Housewife | 0.4 | 1.3 | |
Jobless | 1.7 | 2.2 | |
Other | 2.1 | 3.9 | |
Mother’s education | | | .06 |
Informal education, never attended school | 12.0 | 14.9 | |
Lower primary (1–4) | 36.8 | 36.4 | |
Upper primary (5–8) | 39.3 | 37.7 | |
Any secondary or higher | 12.0 | 11.0 | |
Father’s occupation | | | .42 |
Farmer | 90.6 | 87.5 | |
Jobless | 0.0 | 1.6 | |
Other | 7.4 | 11.0 | |
Father’s education | | | .68 |
Informal education, never attended school | 13.6 | 14.1 | |
Lower primary (1–4) | 33.3 | 28.1 | |
Upper primary (5–8) | 43.9 | 45.3 | |
Any secondary or higher | 9.1 | 12.5 | |
Household assets: land, ha | 0.1±0.0 | 0.1±0.0 | .41 |
Household domestic asset indexa | 9.1±0.6 | 10.1±1.0 | .36 |
CASHPOR housing indexb | 5.0±0.2 | 5.2±0.2 | .03 |
Household food insecurity access category | | | .98 |
Food secure | 13.7 | 17.0 | |
Mild food insecurity | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
Moderate food insecurity | 22.2 | 20.1 | |
Severe food insecurity | 63.2 | 62.5 | |