Table 2 Mean height of Guatemalan women born between 1945 and 1995
From: The trend in mean height of Guatemalan women born between 1945 and 1995: a century behind
Variable | Category | n | % | Mean ht (cm) | ± 95% CI | p value1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population sample | 45,043 | 100.0 | 148.83 | 0.371 | ||
Ethnicity | Non-indigenous | 26,825 | 59.6 | 150.75 | 0.422 | < 0.0001 |
Indigenous | 18,218 | 40.4 | 145.98 | 0.453 | ||
Highest education level | None | 9367 | 20.8 | 145.57 | 0.000 | < 0.0001 |
Primary | 25,627 | 56.9 | 148.63 | 0.604 | ||
Secondary | 8201 | 18.2 | 151.90 | 0.799 | ||
Higher | 1848 | 4.1 | 154.04 | 1.778 | ||
Wealth quintile | Lower | 9319 | 20.7 | 145.97 | 0.606 | < 0.0001 |
Low | 10,333 | 22.9 | 147.08 | 0.611 | ||
Middle | 10,028 | 22.3 | 149.00 | 0.714 | ||
High | 8167 | 18.1 | 150.43 | 0.611 | ||
Higher | 7196 | 16.0 | 153.09 | 0.876 | ||
Location | Urban | 18,349 | 40.7 | 150.28 | 0.592 | < 0.0001 |
Rural | 26,694 | 59.3 | 147.85 | 0.437 | ||
Region | Metropolitan | 4929 | 10.9 | 151.53 | 1.078 | < 0.0001 |
Central | 5954 | 13.2 | 148.88 | 0.995 | ||
North | 3987 | 8.9 | 147.73 | 1.094 | ||
Northeast | 6446 | 14.3 | 150.75 | 0.999 | ||
Southeast | 4751 | 10.5 | 150.67 | 1.079 | ||
Northwest | 4993 | 11.1 | 145.80 | 0.873 | ||
Southwest | 11,660 | 25.9 | 147.42 | 0.610 | ||
Petén | 2323 | 5.2 | 149.66 | 1.488 |