Realization of the right to adequate food and the nutritional status of land evictees: a case for mothers/caregivers and their children in rural Central Uganda

Table 3 Nutritional status of children (6–59 months) from evicted households

Percentage of children (6–59 months) classified as undernourished based on anthropometric z-scores (n = 187)^a
	Weight-for-height			Weight-for-age			Height-for-age
	% < -3SD	% < -2SD	Z-score^b	% < -3SD	% < -2SD	Z-score	% < -3SD	% < -2SD	Z-score
Age group (months)
6–11 (n = 27)	0.0	7.4	−0.1 ± 1.0	6.1	25.9	−0.6 ± 1.2	11.1	44.4	0.9 ± 1.5
12–23 (n = 72)	1.4	12.5	−0.4 ± 1.1	4.2	16.7	−1.0 ± 0.9	4.2	38.8	−1.1 ± 1.2
24–35 (n = 43)	2.3	13.9	−0.4 ± 1.1	6.9	9.3	−0.9 ± 1.1	6.9	30.2	−1.1 ± 1.1
36–47 (n = 28)	3.6	3.6	−0.2 ± 0.9	0.0	14.3	−0.7 ± 0.8	3.6	21.4	−0.9 ± 1.0
48–59 (n = 17)	0.0	0.0	−0.1 ± 0.8	5.8	11.7	−0.9 ± 1.0	11.7	29.4	−1.3 ± 1.0
Total % of children	1.6	9.6	−0.3 ± 1.0	3.2	18.2	0.8 ± 1.0	6.4	34.2	−1.1 ± 1.2

^aTotal children with valid dates of birth (month and year of birth) and with complete weight and height measurements
^bValues are mean ± SD

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