Selected characteristics (% or mean (range)) of the children included in the analysis
| Southern Asia | Latin America | Sub-Saharan Africa | |||||
| BGD | INV | NEB | BRF | PEL | SAV | TZH | |
| N | 206 | 200 | 208 | 81 | 198 | 199 | 199 |
| Age at enrolment (days) | 3 (0,15) | 10 (1,17) | 11 (3,17) | 9 (1,16) | 5 (1,17) | 9 (1,17) | 7 (1,17) |
| Males (%) | 51 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 57 | 51 | 50 |
| Enrolment LAZ | −1.0 (−4.1, 1.0) | −1.0 (−5.0, 1.5) | −0.7 (−3.9, 1.3) | −0.8 (−5.0, 1.8) | −0.9 (−4.0, 2.0) | −0.7 (−4.0, 2.0) | −1.0 (−4.3, 2.1) |
| Enrolment WAZ | −1.3 (−4.0, 0.8) | −1.3 (−4.8, 1.3) | −0.9 (−4.1, 1.4) | −0.1 (−3.6, 2.5) | −0.6 (−3.8, 2.1) | −0.4 (−3.2, 1.6) | −0.1 (−3.3, 2.1) |
| Enrolment WLZ | −1.0 (−4.1, 1.7) | −1.2 (−5.2, 1.6) | −0.9 (−5.5, 2.3) | 0.6 (−2.6, 4.1) | −0.05 (−2.7, 3.3) | −0.01 (−4.8, 2.8) | 0.7 (−3.1, 3.9) |
| Income (US$) | 130 (36, 924) | 73 (9, 220) | 189 (14, 932) | 364 (0, 901) | 137 (4, 429) | 280 (34, 2208) | 29 (1, 240) |
| Protected water source (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 83 | 42 |
| Latrine or toilet (%) | 100 | 51 | 100 | 100 | 32 | 98 | 10 |
| WAMI score | 0.5 (0.3, 0.9) | 0.4 (0.2, 0.9) | 0.7 (0.4, 1) | 0.8 (0.5, 0.9) | 0.5 (0.2, 0.9) | 0.8 (0.3, 1) | 0.2 (0, 0.6) |
BGD, Bangladesh (Dhaka); BRF, Brazil (Fortaleza); INV, India (Vellore); NEB, Nepal (Bhaktapur); PEL, Peru (Loreto); SAV, South Africa (Venda); TZH, Tanzania (Haydom); LAZ, length-for-age z-score; WAZ, weight-for-age z-score; WLZ, weight-for-length z-score; WAMI, Water, Assets, Maternal education and household Income.