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| Figure 1: Height for Age Z-scoresT |
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| Figure 1: Height for Age Z-scoresT |
Characteristic |
Frequency |
Percentage |
| Education level | ||
No Formal Education |
8 |
8 |
Lower Primary |
25 |
25 |
Secondary |
48 |
49 |
Post-Secondary |
17 |
17 |
| Marital Status | ||
Single |
5 |
5 |
Married |
87 |
88 |
Divorced/Widowed |
7 |
7 |
| Age | ||
Below 25 |
13 |
13 |
Between 25 -40 |
66 |
67 |
Above 40 |
20 |
20 |
Table 1:Distribution of respondents according to their level of education and source of income |
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Empowerment practice |
Frequency (n=99) |
Percentage |
Access to productive resources |
30 |
30 |
Access to income opportunities or credit |
32 |
32 |
Women voice in farming decision making |
50 |
51 |
Female holding leadership in agricultural programmes |
27 |
27 |
Access to extension services and information |
33 |
33 |
Table 2: Reported extent to which women empowerment practices are undertaken in the study area |
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Indicator |
n |
Mean z-scores ± SD |
Design Effect (z-score <-2) |
z-scores out of range |
Prevalence rate in % |
Weight-for-Age (WAZ) |
99 |
-0.5±0.86 |
1.00 |
0 |
9 |
Height-for-Age (HAZ) |
99 |
-1.23±1.12 |
1.00 |
0 |
21 |
Weight-for-Height(WHZ) |
99 |
0.14±1.05 |
1.00 |
0 |
2 |
Table 3: Mean Z-Scores, Design Effects |
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Women Empowerment Indicator |
N=99 |
WAZ |
HAZ |
WHZ |
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|
Mean±SD |
P-value |
Mean±SD |
P-value |
Mean±SD |
P-value |
Have no access to income/credit |
32 |
-0.66±0.86 |
0.64 |
-1.08±1.15 |
0.989 |
-0.17±1.14 |
0.018 |
Have access to income/credit |
67 |
-0.34±0.82 |
|
-1.08±1.19 |
|
0.32±0.93 |
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N: number of households with under-five aged between 6-59 months. |
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