Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for a sample of 125 Demographic Health Surveys from 57 countries.
Fig 1.
A local polynomial regression plot of height-for-age z score against child age for 699,421 children aged 0–57 months in 58 countries.
Notes: The graph is based on local polynomial smoothing estimates of HAZ scores against child age for 699,421 children from 125 Demographic Health Surveys for 57 countries. 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported in grey shading.
Fig 2.
A local polynomial regression plot of weight-for-height z score against child age for 699,421 children aged 0–59 months in 57 countries.
Notes: The graph is based on local polynomial smoothing estimates of WHZ scores against child age for 699,421 children from 125 Demographic Health Surveys for 57 countries. 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported in grey shading.
Table 2.
Least squares regressions of child HAZ against standard explanatory variables for children aged 0–59 months, 0–23 months and 24–59 months from 57 developing countries.
Fig 3.
Least squares estimates for HAZ scores by age-restricted sub-samples: Household wealth, health facility access, parental education, household sanitation and water variables.
Notes: The figure reports coefficients and 95% confidence intervals based on cluster-adjusted standard errors from multivariable least squares regressions of HAZ against all the variables listed in Table 1, as well as country-year fixed effects and dummy variables for every month of child age. Samples sizes for the regressions estimated for the various age groups are 67,384 (0–5 months; m0to5), 75,965 (6–11 months; m6to11), 76,711 (12–17 months; m12to17), 68,694 (18–23 months; m18to23), 129,174 (24–35 months; m24-35), 138,342 (36–47 months; m36to47), 132,242 (48–59 months; m48to59).
Fig 4.
Least squares estimates for HAZ scores by age-restricted sub-samples: Child, maternal and household demographic indicators and maternal height.
Notes: The figure reports coefficients and 95% confidence intervals based on cluster-adjusted standard errors from multivariable least squares regressions of HAZ against all the variables listed in Table 1, as well as country-year fixed effects and dummy variables for every month of child age. Samples sizes for the regressions estimated for the various age groups are 67,384 (0–5 months; m0to5), 75,965 (6–11 months; m6to11), 76,711 (12–17 months; m12to17), 68,694 (18–23 months; m18to23), 129,174 (24–35 months; m24-35), 138,342 (36–47 months; m36to47), 132,242 (48–59 months; m48to59).
Table 3.
Least squares regressions of child WHZ against standard explanatory variables for children aged 0–59 months, 0–23 months and 24–59 months from 57 developing countries.
Fig 5.
Least squares estimates for WHZ scores by age-restricted sub-samples: Household wealth, health facility access, parental education, household sanitation and water variables.
Notes: The figure reports coefficients and 95% confidence intervals based on cluster-adjusted standard errors from multivariable least squares regressions of HAZ against all the variables listed in Table 1, as well as country-year fixed effects and dummy variables for every month of child age. Samples sizes for the regressions estimated for the various age groups are 67,384 (0–5 months; m0to5), 75,965 (6–11 months; m6to11), 76,711 (12–17 months; m12to17), 68,694 (18–23 months; m18to23), 129,174 (24–35 months; m24-35), 138,342 (36–47 months; m36to47), 132,242 (48–59 months; m48to59).
Fig 6.
Least squares estimates for WHZ scores by age-restricted sub-samples: Child, maternal and household demographic indicators and maternal height.
Notes: The figure reports coefficients and 95% confidence intervals based on cluster-adjusted standard errors from multivariable least squares regressions of HAZ against all the variables listed in Table 1, as well as country-year fixed effects and dummy variables for every month of child age. Samples sizes for the regressions estimated for the various age groups are 67,384 (0–5 months; m0to5), 75,965 (6–11 months; m6to11), 76,711 (12–17 months; m12to17), 68,694 (18–23 months; m18to23), 129,174 (24–35 months; m24-35), 138,342 (36–47 months; m36to47), 132,242 (48–59 months; m48to59).