Final Report - Linkages Project

8. Child Nutritional Status
A. Low height for age
Chronic Malnutrition (Low Height for Age)
Infants 6-23 months old (age-weighted)
Mo derate and
Severe
Sever e
19
15
14
40
49
45
RAP 10/01 (mean = -2.01)
RAP 11/05 (mean = -1.87)
PD EL 11 /05 (mean = -1.73)
0 20 40 60 80 100
%
B. Low weight for age
Underweight (Low Weight for Age)
Infants 6-23 months old (age-weighted)
Moderate and
Severe
34
35
38
RAP 10/01 (mean = -1.50)
RAP 11/05 (mean = -1.57)
Severe*
5
7
9
PD EL 11/05 (mean = -1.54)
0 20 40 60 80 100
%
Conclusions:
• All surveys were conducted during the same month of the year, thus confounding issues of seasonality should not be an issue.
• The anthropometric data were weighted by age.
• The best indicator to examine for trends in improvements in nutritional status over time is height for age. As can be seen from
the RAP 04 and RAP 05, there does appear to be an improving trend with declining stunting levels, from 49% (mean HAZ score
of -2.01) to 45% (mean HAZ score of -1.87). However, these differences were not significant.
• The only significant result found was that there was an increase in severe underweight, from 5% to 9% between the RAP 04
and RAP 05 (p