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lxxiiTable 7.13: Nutritional status of children aged 3-3.5 years by weight -for -age , height –for- age andweight – for – height and gender(Percentage)Nutritional statusTotal Janjgir and korbaControl district (Raigarh)of childrenIntervention AWCs Intermediate AWCs Control AWCsMale Female Total Male Female Total Male Female TotalWeight -for –age (n=) 221 221 442 219 221 440 218 248 466Below-3 SD 13.6 6.8 10.2 9.6 11.3 10.5 14.7 21.8 18.5Below-2 SD * 34.4 33 33.7 34.2 38 36.1 39.9 36.3 38Height –forage(n=)221 221 442 219 221 440 218 248 466Below-3 SD 8.6 8.6 8.6 7.3 10.4 8.9 17.4 18.1 17.8Below-2 SD* 17.6 18.6 18.1 17.4 16.7 17 23.4 27.8 25.8Weight – for –height (n=) 221 221 442 219 221 440 218 248 466Below-3 SD 10 4.1 7 11.9 7.2 9.5 4.1 1.6 2.8Below-2 SD* 27.1 21.7 24.4 20.5 28.5 24.5 22 25.8 24* Includes children who are below – 3 SD from the international reference population medianTable 7.14: Nutritional status of children aged 3-3.5 years by weight -for -age , height –for- age andweight – for – height and caste(Percentage)Nutritional status ofTotal Janjgir and korbaControl district (Raigarh)childrenIntervention AWCs Intermediate AWCs Control AWCsSC ST OBC SC ST OBC SC ST OBCWeight -for –age (n=) 102 124 201 92 118 212 145 77 240Below-3 SD 9.8 8.1 11.4 7.6 8.5 13.7 13.1 18.2 21.7Below-2 SD * 31.4 33.9 35.8 35.9 41.5 33 35.2 39 40Height –for- age(n=) 102 124 201 92 118 212 145 77 240Below-3 SD 6.9 15.3 6 7.6 13.6 7.1 9.7 16.9 23.3Below-2 SD* 14.7 13.7 21.4 14.1 20.3 17 25.5 27.3 25.4Weight – for – height (n=) 102 124 201 92 118 212 145 77 240Below-3 SD 7.8 4 8.5 8.7 5.1 12.7 3.4 1.3 2.9Below-2 SD* 24.5 23.4 25.4 28.3 22 24.1 17.2 32.5 25.4* Includes children who are below – 3 SD from the international reference population medianThe proportion of children who are severely under nourished is also notable – one out of 10children in case of weight – for – age in intervention districts & one out of five children incontrol district and 9 percent & 18 percent respectively in case of height – for – age . Perhapsthe most serious nutritional problem measured (wasting) in also quite evident in the studydistricts, affecting one in every 4 children.In intermediate AWCs , female children are slightly more undernourished than male children .OBC children in intervention AWCs are more likely to be undernourished than other children ,while ST children are more in intermediate AWCs than other children.7.3.2 Nutritional status of children aged 5-5.5 yearsTable 7.15 and Table 7.16 provides values of three indices on nutritious status of childrenaged 5-5.5 years by sex and caste of the child respectively. Around two – fifths of children inintervention districts and 38 percent in control district are under weight , while less than one– fourth are stunted (24% in intervention, 21% in intermediate and 24% in control AWCs).Table 7.15: Nutritional status of children aged 5-5.5 years by weight -for -age , height –for- age and weight – for – height according to gender of the child(Percentage)Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012