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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Co-morbidity of malnutrition with falciparum malaria parasitaemia among children under the aged 6–59 months in Somalia: a geostatistical analysis

Characteristic

Number

 Total number of children examined

49 227

 Total number of villages examined

888

Summary by livelihood

Number (%)

Livelihood

Agro-pastoral

14 018 (28)

Pastoral

14 190 (29)

Riverine

9618 (20)

Fishing

335 (1)

Urban areas

2769 (6)

Internally Displaced Persons

8297 (17)

Response variables

Number (%)

 Wasting

8542 (17)

 Low-MUAC

5276 (11)

 Malaria

6840 (14)

Child data

Number (%)

 Vitamin A supplementation

28 264 (57)

 Measles vaccination

26 184 (51)

 Polio vaccination

39 309 (82)

 Diarrhoea

9517 (17)

 Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)

10 493 (26)

 Febrile Illness in the last 2 weeks

10 409 (21)

 Suspected measles in last 1 month

2171 (5)

 Sex of the child

Male = 25 067 (51)

 Age of the child (in months)

Mean = 32, Min = 6, Max = 59

Household data

Mean (Min, Max)

 Household size

6 (2, 50)

 Number of under 5

2 (1, 7)

 Age of the mother (in years)

30 (14, 60)

 MUAC of mother in cm

24 (18, 38)

 Household head gender

Male = 40 076 (81%)

Food and nutrition

Number (%)

 Sources of carbohydrate in the last 24 h

47 560 (97)

 Sources of protein in the last 24 h

42 713 (87)

 Sources of fats in the last 24 h

39 130 (79)

 Fruits and vegetables in the last 24 h

20 895 (42)

Climatic / Environmental data

Mean (Min, Max)

 Distance to water to major water bodies in km

≤5 km = 18 445 (25%), > 5 km = 55 333 (75%)

 Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)

0.18 (0, 0.45)

 Precipitation (mm)

138 (0, 350)

 Temperature (°c)

28 (21, 31)

 Urbanization

Urban = 3318 (5%)

Rural = 70 460 (95%)