| |
Year
|
|---|
| |
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
|
Total
|
24.6
|
26.1
|
27.3
|
27.5
|
28.2
|
28.0
|
|
Mother's Education
| | | | | | |
|
No school
|
28.9
|
30.7
|
32.3
|
33.7
|
32.7
|
33.4
|
|
Primary school
|
25.8
|
27.7
|
28.8
|
29.9
|
31.1
|
30.0
|
|
Junior high school
|
23.3
|
24.8
|
26.6
|
27.4
|
25.6
|
27.5
|
|
High school
|
20.7
|
22.3
|
23.0
|
24.1
|
22.0
|
24.0
|
|
> High
|
16.3
|
14.9
|
20.2
|
19.4
|
17.0
|
18.7
|
|
Expenditure Quintile**
| | | | | | |
|
Lowest
|
28.3
|
28.9
|
32.1
|
33.1
|
30.7
|
32.8
|
|
Second
|
24.8
|
27.5
|
28.1
|
28.8
|
29.3
|
28.6
|
|
Middle
|
24.4
|
26.7
|
25.7
|
27.0
|
27.1
|
26.8
|
|
Fourth
|
21.2
|
24.2
|
23.5
|
25.4
|
23.7
|
25.3
|
|
Highest
|
18.1
|
18.3
|
19.5
|
21.1
|
20.3
|
20.3
|
- Source: Figures were computed from the data of National Socio Economic Surveys (NSES) 2000 to 2005
- *For children under five years of age; based on the National Center for Health Statistics/WHO international growth reference [42]; categorized as underweight if the weight-for-age Z-score is less than -2SD.
- **Based on household expenditure.
