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Table 2 Women’s empowerment and nutritional status by country

From: What does women’s empowerment have to do with malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic and health surveys from 30 countries

Variables/ Country

Stunted

Cases (%)

Underweight

Cases (%)

Involvement in decision-making

(No)

Cases (%)

Attitude to violence (In support)

Cases (%)

Experience of violence (Yes)

Cases (%)

Benin

1746 (32.2%)

926 (17.1%)

1589 (29.3%)

1785 (32.9%)

387 (7.1%)

Burundi

3103 (55.4%)

1609 (28.7%)

809 (14.4%)

3366 (60.1%)

696 (12.4%)

Cameroon

1347 (32.3%)

618 (14.8%)

1300 (31.2%)

1957 (47.0%)

287 (6.9%)

Chad

3192 (40.4%)

2388 (30.2%)

3238 (40.9%)

6255 (79.1%)

2, 576 (32.6%)

Comoros

588 (29.8%)

304 (15.4%)

825 (41.9%)

827 (42.0%)

176 (9.0%)

Cote d’Ivoire

639 (28.7%)

322 (14.5%)

982 (44.1%)

1140 (51.3%)

258 (11.6%)

Democratic Republic of Congo

2720 (43.0%)

1422 (22.5%)

1671 (26.4%)

4847 (76.7%)

1089 (17.2%)

Ethiopia

3350 (38.2%)

2056 (23.4%)

1045 (11.9%)

6027 (68.7%)

2327 (26.5%)

Gabon

260 (15.4%)

88 (5.2%)

219 (13.0%)

938 (55.5%)

91 (5.4%)

Gambia

623 (24.5%)

423 (16.6%)

422 (16.6%)

1651 (64.8%)

266 (10.4%)

Ghana

397 (17.6%)

242 (10.7%)

185 (8.2%)

760 (33.7%)

138 (6.1%)

Guinea

861 (30.8%)

501 (17.9%)

1149 (41.1%)

2634 (94.2%)

1272 (45.5%)

Kenya

1720 (25.6%)

730 (10.9%)

802 (11.9%)

3100 (46.1%)

318 (4.7%)

Lesotho

245 (28.8%)

81 (9.6%)

22 (2.6%)

297 (35.0%)

23 (2.7%)

Liberia

602 (30.2%)

274 (13.8%)

167 8.4%)

933 (46.9%)

73 (3.7%)

Malawi

1543 (36.3%)

468.8 (11.0%)

604 (14.2%)

658 (15.5%)

76 (1.8%)

Mali

1573 (38.9%)

1028 (25.4%)

2965 (73.2%)

3229 (79.7%)

808 (20.0%)

Mozambique

3226 (42.5%)

1137 (12.9%)

1046 (13.8%)

1785 (23.5%)

134 (1.8%)

Namibia

123 (19.9%)

80 (12.9)

33 (5.4%)

208 (33.5%)

45 (7.3%)

Niger

2041 (42.9%)

1, 716 (36.1%)

2850 (60.0%)

2914 (61.3%)

1448 (30.5%)

Nigeria

8427 (37.2%)

6604 (29.1%)

11,312 (49.9%)

8654 (38.2%)

2798 (12.3%)

Rwanda

1084 (36.8%)

243 (8.2%)

210 (7.1%)

1187 (40.3%)

129 (4.4%)

Senegal

773 (27.6%)

504 (18.0%)

1524 (54.4%)

1847 (65.9%)

626 (22.3%)

Sierra Leone

1274 (37.6%)

538 (15.9%)

1082 (32.0%)

2446 (72.3%)

625 (18.4%)

South Africa

101 (25.2%)

13 (3.2%)

10 (2.6%)

26 (6.6)

00 (00.0%)

Tanzania

2437 (33.9%)

976 (13.6%)

1411 (19.6%)

4440 (61.7%)

1262 (17.5%)

Togo

700 (26.2%)

412 (15.4%)

742 (27.7%)

875 (32.7%)

166 (6.2%)

Uganda

1007 (28.2%)

349 (9.8%)

520 (14.6%)

1757 (49.2%)

211 (5.9%)

Zambia

3463 (39.9%)

1239 (14.3%)

1118 (12.9%)

4.452 (51.3%)

1515 (17.5%)

Zimbabwe

1127 (25.4%)

334 (7.5%)

170 (3.8%)

1734 (39.1%)

192 (4.3%)

Total

50,291 (35.6%)

27,623 (19.6%)

40,025 (28.3%)

72,730 (51.5%)

20, 012 (14.2%)