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Table 2 Women’s educational level, child health, and household practices

From: Women’s education level amplifies the effects of a livelihoods-based intervention on household wealth, child diet, and child growth in rural Nepal

Women’s Education

None or basic

Some or completed primary

Some or completed secondary

None or basic

Some or completed primary

Some or completed secondary

None or basic

Some or completed primary

Some or completed secondary

Survey time

Vitamin A (% of children receiving)

Deworming for children (% of children receiving)

Availability of iodized salt (% of households)

Baseline

98

95

94

80

78

79

74

79

69

12 months

93

91

90

88

87

81

93

91

88

24 months

93

88

95

65

66

69

97

98

94

48 months

97

95

94

95

96

96

97

100

99

 

Reported use of ORS for child past 2 weeks

% of children reported in good health in past 2 weeks

Number of days of child illness (past 2 wks)

Baseline

6

5

6

80

81

76

2.7

2.2

2.4

12 months

5

5

6

90

88

90

1.4

1.1

1.3

24 months

7

1

6

93

93

92

1.2

1.2

1.4

48 months

2

1

1

95

93

94

.57

.94

.92

 

Kitchen garden (% of households)

 

% of children experiencing diarrhea episode past 2 weeks

Baseline

37

43

55

   

10

9

9

12 months

82

83

89

   

8

10

9

24 months

87

86

93

   

7

12

6

48 months

81

84

96

   

2

5

3