Table 1 Comparison of groups for whom birth weight was and was not available, and of mothers whose children were and were not followed up
From: Nutritional status of young children in Mumbai slums: a follow-up anthropometric study
Birth weight available | Birth weight unavailable | Followed up (data for mothers) | Not followed up (data for mothers) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infants (%) | 17318 | (100) | 3122 | (100) | 1631 | (100) | 18809 | (100) |
Institutional delivery (%) | 16894 | (98) | 686 | (22) | ||||
Mean asset score (SD) | 0.101 | (0.983) | −0.561 | (0.903) | 0.185 | (0.948) | −0.015 | (1.002) |
Asset quintile 1 (%) | 2884 | (17) | 1203 | (39) | 208 | (13) | 3879 | (21) |
Asset quintile 2 (%) | 3277 | (19) | 813 | (26) | 313 | (19) | 3777 | (20) |
Asset quintile 3 (%) | 3549 | (21) | 549 | (18) | 348 | (21) | 3750 | (20) |
Asset quintile 4 (%) | 3977 | (22) | 326 | (10) | 399 | (24) | 3904 | (21) |
Asset quintile 5 (%) | 3631 | (21) | 231 | (7) | 363 | (22) | 3499 | (19) |
Maternal education | ||||||||
No schooling (%) | 3825 | (22) | 1592 | (51) | 355 | (22) | 5062 | (27) |
Primary (%) | 944 | (5) | 221 | (7) | 85 | (5) | 1080 | (6) |
Secondary (%) | 10740 | (62) | 1215 | (39) | 1040 | (64) | 10915 | (58) |
Higher (%) | 1809 | (11) | 94 | (3) | 151 | (9) | 1752 | (9) |
Religion | ||||||||
Hindu (%) | 8583 | (50) | 1248 | (40) | 889 | (54) | 8942 | (46) |
Muslim (%) | 7519 | (43) | 1787 | (57) | 597 | (37) | 8709 | (48) |
Other (%) | 1216 | (7) | 87 | (3) | 145 | (9) | 1158 | (6) |