Table 1 Child nutrition and health characteristics and sociodemographic and IPV data
| Â | Malawi | Tanzania | Zambia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | Mean (SD) | n | % | Mean (SD) | n | % | Mean (SD) | |
Child | |||||||||
 Age (months) | 1878 | – | 11.9 (7.1) | 3184 | – | 12.2 (7.1) | 3879 | – | 12.1 (7.0) |
 Sex | |||||||||
 Male | 949/1878 | 50.5 |  | 1597/3184 | 50.2 |  | 1973/3879 | 50.9 |  |
 Female | 929/1878 | 49.5 |  | 1587/3184 | 49.8 |  | 1906/3879 | 49.1 |  |
Stunting | 620/1834 | 33.8 | Â | 793/2426 | 32.7 | Â | 1355/3758 | 36.1 | Â |
Underweight | 184/1834 | 10.0 | Â | 346/2426 | 14.3 | Â | 484/3758 | 12.9 | Â |
Wasting | 58/1834 | 3.2 | Â | 136/2426 | 5.6 | Â | 263/3758 | 7.0 | Â |
Diarrhea (in last 2 weeks) | 511/1396 | 36.6 |  | 524/2426 | 21.6 |  | 829/3758 | 22.1 |  |
Fever (in last 2 weeks) | 505/1396 | 36.2 |  | 549/2426 | 22.6 |  | 902/3753 | 24.0 |  |
Maternal | |||||||||
 Age (years) | 1878 | – | 26.8 (6.4) | 3184 | – | 28.2 (6.7) | 3879 | – | 27.9 (6.5) |
 Number of antenatal visits | 1835 | – | 3.8 (4.2) | 3058 | – | 3.7 (4.4) | 3741 | – | 4.2 (7.4) |
Education | |||||||||
 No education | 225/1878 | 11.9 |  | 658/3184 | 20.7 |  | 455/3879 | 11.7 |  |
 Primary education | 1283/1878 | 68.3 |  | 2092/3184 | 65.7 |  | 2288/3879 | 59.0 |  |
 Secondary education or higher | 370/1878 | 19.7 |  | 434/3184 | 13.6 |  | 1136/3879 | 29.3 |  |
Marital status | |||||||||
 Married | 1564/1873 | 83.5 |  | 2058/3184 | 64.6 |  | 3545/3865 | 91.7 |  |
 Living with partner | 139/1873 | 7.4 |  | 859/3184 | 27.0 |  | 27/3865 | 0.7 |  |
 Widowed/divorced/separated | 170/1873 | 9.1 |  | 267/3184 | 8.4 |  | 293/3865 | 7.6 |  |
Occupation | |||||||||
 Not working outside the home | 548/1873 | 29.3 |  | 615/3184 | 19.3 |  | 1603/3865 | 41.5 |  |
 Working outside the home | 1325/1873 | 70.7 |  | 2569/3184 | 80.7 |  | 2262/3865 | 58.5 |  |
Wealth | |||||||||
 Poorest/poorer | 950/1873 | 50.7 |  | 787/3184 | 24.7 |  | 2075/3865 | 53.7 |  |
 Middle | 371/1873 | 19.8 |  | 633/3184 | 19.9 |  | 741/3865 | 19.2 |  |
 Richer/richest | 552/1873 | 29.5 |  | 1764/3184 | 55.4 |  | 1049/3865 | 27.1 |  |
Believed beating was justified | 299/1873 | 16.0 | Â | 1986/3184 | 62.4 | Â | 2070/3865 | 53.6 | Â |
Fear of partner | |||||||||
 Never | 808/1873 | 43.1 |  | 1768/3184 | 55.5 |  | 1796/3865 | 46.5 |  |
 Sometimes | 714/1873 | 38.1 |  | 919/3184 | 28.9 |  | 1441/3865 | 37.3 |  |
 Most of the time | 351/1873 | 18.8 |  | 497/3184 | 15.6 |  | 628/3865 | 16.2 |  |
Partner/Spouse | |||||||||
 Age | 1682 |  | 32.3(9.4) | 2913 |  | 35.2(9.1) | 3410 |  | 33.8 (7.9) |
Education | |||||||||
 No education | 158/1682 | 9.4 |  | 412/2913 | 14.2 |  | 270/3758 | 7.2 |  |
 Primary education | 953/1682 | 56.7 |  | 2008/2913 | 68.9 |  | 1640/3758 | 43.7 |  |
 Secondary education or higher | 571/1682 | 33.9 |  | 493/2913 | 16.9 |  | 1848/3758 | 49.1 |  |
Occupation | |||||||||
 Not working | 140/1682 | 8.3 |  | 26/2913 | 0.9 |  | 59/3758 | 1.6 |  |
 Technical and managerial | 245/1682 | 14.6 |  | 140/2913 | 4.8 |  | 808/3758 | 21.5 |  |
 Agriculture | 665/1682 | 39.5 |  | 1652/2913 | 56.7 |  | 2116/3758 | 56.3 |  |
 Services, manual labor, and other | 632/1682 | 37.6 |  | 1095/2913 | 37.6 |  | 775/3758 | 20.6 |  |
Physically hurt by wife/partner | 65/1682 | 3.9 | Â | 53/2913 | 1.8 | Â | 236/3757 | 6.3 | Â |