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Table 1 Means for nutritional status and socioeconomic variables

From: Social inequality and children’s health in Africa: a cross sectional study

Country

Year

Sample size

Nutrition (HAZ)

Neonatal mortality

Education

Urban

Overall

--

 

-1.40

30.6

1.09

20.6

Burkina Faso

2003

10645

-1.50

28.7

.25

16.2

Benin

2006

16075

-1.54

31.2

.40

35.5

Burundi

2010

7742

-1.89

28.4

.88

17.6

Cameroon

2004

8125

-1.26

29.4

1.54

38.9

Egypt

2005

6661

-.81

19.9

2.30

36.4

2008

10872

-.85

16.0

2.61

36.5

Ethiopia

2005

9861

-1.65

34.7

.42

13.8

2011

11654

-1.44

35.6

.46

17.0

Ghana

2008

2992

-.91

32.0

1.53

33.4

Guinea

2005

6364

-1.30

41.2

.23

21.5

Kenya

2003

5949

-1.19

32.9

1.66

25.8

2008

6079

-1.16

29.0

1.68

24.1

Liberia

2007

5799

-1.35

31.0

.93

35.1

2009

4193

--

37.9

.88

39.0

Lesotho

2004

3697

-1.60

44.9

1.96

18.1

2009

3999

-1.37

41.0

2.13

16.8

Morocco

2003

6180

-.70

26.9

2.63

43.4

Madagascar

2003

5415

-1.71

24.0

3.24

54.5

2008

12448

-1.60

23.7

2.69

17.9

Mali

2006

14238

-1.29

44.4

.27

23.7

Malawi

2004

10914

-1.83

29.9

1.05

10.4

2010

19967

-1.61

30.2

1.24

9.5

Mozambique

2003

10326

-1.66

35.9

.72

35.2

Nigeria

2003

6029

-1.47

49.1

1.40

35.1

2008

28647

-1.41

39.1

1.58

26.6

2010

5978

--

39.3

1.59

27.2

Niger

2006

9193

-1.79

29.0

.30

28.4

Namibia

2006

5168

-1.09

22.3

2.28

38.2

Rwanda

2005

8649

-1.73

36.8

1.05

19.7

2007

5489

--

28.2

1.16

23.1

2010

9002

-1.76

27.0

1.19

13.6

Senegal

2005

10944

-.79

33.2

.39

32.7

2010

12326

-1.05

29.4

.43

29.6

Chad

2004

5635

-1.47

35.7

.44

44.4

Tanzania

2004

8564

-1.56

31.2

1.38

17.1

2007

7502

--

25.7

1.46

16.4

2010

8023

-1.45

28.2

1.46

18.8

Uganda

2006

8369

-1.37

26.4

1.18

11.0

2009

4012

--

25.8

1.24

10.8

Zambia

2007

6401

-1.49

32.2

1.64

32.4

Zimbabwe

2005

5246

-1.24

23.8

2.22

25.5

2010

5563

-1.20

26.6

2.55

29.0