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Table 5 Percentage of underweight children*, Indonesia, 2000 to 2005

From: Priorities and realities: addressing the rich-poor gaps in health status and service access in Indonesia

 

Year

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Total

24.6

26.1

27.3

27.5

28.2

28.0

Mother's Education

      

   No school

28.9

30.7

32.3

33.7

32.7

33.4

   Primary school

25.8

27.7

28.8

29.9

31.1

30.0

   Junior high school

23.3

24.8

26.6

27.4

25.6

27.5

   High school

20.7

22.3

23.0

24.1

22.0

24.0

   > High

16.3

14.9

20.2

19.4

17.0

18.7

Expenditure Quintile**

      

   Lowest

28.3

28.9

32.1

33.1

30.7

32.8

   Second

24.8

27.5

28.1

28.8

29.3

28.6

   Middle

24.4

26.7

25.7

27.0

27.1

26.8

   Fourth

21.2

24.2

23.5

25.4

23.7

25.3

   Highest

18.1

18.3

19.5

21.1

20.3

20.3

  1. Source: Figures were computed from the data of National Socio Economic Surveys (NSES) 2000 to 2005
  2. *For children under five years of age; based on the National Center for Health Statistics/WHO international growth reference [42]; categorized as underweight if the weight-for-age Z-score is less than -2SD.
  3. **Based on household expenditure.