Table 2 Baseline characteristics and repeated measures adolescents who were followed for all the three rounds of survey by sex

Adolescents interviewed (%)

 Baseline

49.2

50.8

2084

 Year 1

48.0

52.0

1911

 Year2

44.4

55.6

1431

Age of adolescents in years at baseline (%)

 13

47.2

52.8

458

 14

48.2

51.8

479

 15

52.8

47.2

479

 16

49.7

50.3

386

 17

47.0

53.0

281

Place of residence (%)

 Urban

52.8

47.2

746

 Semi-urban

48.9

51.1

589

 Rural

45.8

54.2

749

Baseline household income tertile (%)

 Low

46.9

53.1

687

 Middle

47.6

52.4

702

 High

53.1

46.9

695

Food insecure (%) ^†

 Baseline*

25.5(n₁₀₂₅)*

15.8(n₁₀₅₉)

2084

 Both baseline and year 1

15.9(n₉₁₇)*

12.2(n₉₉₄)

1911

 All the 3 rounds

5.5(n₆₃₅)

4.4(n₇₉₆)

1431

 At least in one of the 3 rounds^ƒ

40(n635)*

36.6(n796)

1431

Mean (±SD) height (cm)

 Baseline

154.0(7.7)

157.3(11.7)

2084

 Year 1

156.9(6.8)

161.5(10.8)

1911

 Year 2

158.9(5.7)

169.8(7.0)

1431

Mean (±SD) HAZ^© for age z-score at baseline

−0.91(.99)

−1.05(1.2)

2084