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Table 1 Prevalence of malnourished children, 0–5.0 years old (0–60 months) by occupational group: Philippines, 2013

From: Nutritional status of children ages 0–5 and 5–10 years old in households headed by fisherfolks in the Philippines

Occupation Groups

Form of Malnutrition

Underweight

Stunting

Wasting

Overweight

All children

19.9 (0.4)a

30.3 (0.5)

7.9 (0.3)

5.0 (0.2)

 • Special Occupations

17.9 (4.5)

28.1 (5.7)

3.5 (1.8)

5.0 (2.7)

 • Officials, Corporate Executives, Managers and Managing Proprietors and Supervisors

13.0 (1.4)

20.2 (1.7)

6.4 (1.0)

7.1 (1.0)

 • Professional

11.5 (2.5)

19.7 (2.8)

9.7 (2.3)

7.6 (2.1)

 • Technicians and Associate Professionals

16.5 (2.4)

19.4 (2.5)

8.6 (1.9)

5.6 (1.4)

 • Clerks

14.1 (2.6)

23.5 (2.9)

10.6 (3)

6.3 (1.8)

 • Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers

15.6 (1.6)

23.6 (2.0)

7.9 (1.2)

5.7 (1.1)

 • Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen

24.4 (0.8)

37.2 (0.9)

8.9 (0.5)

3.7 (0.3)

  o Farmers and other plant growers

23.9 (0.9)

37.2 (1.0)

8.3 (0.5)

3.7 (0.3)

  o Animal producers

17.5 (6.5)

24.4 (6.6)

8.4 (3.4)

5.3 (3.7)

  o Forestry and related workers

38.7 (8.1)

44.3 (9.6)

14.2 (5.3)

9.5 (4.5)

  o Fishermen/Fisherfolks

26.4 (1.8)

37.7 (2.0)

11.2 (1.3)

3.2 (0.6)

 • Craft and Related Trades Workers

20.9 (1.3)

31 (1.5)

9.4 (0.9)

4.0 (0.6)

 • Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers

18.2 (1.2)

28.1 (1.5)

6.5 (0.7)

5.1 (0.6)

 • Elementary Occupation: Laborers and Unskilled Workers

22 (1.1)

33.4 (1.2)

7.3 (0.6)

4.3 (0.5)

 • No occupation

17.7 (0.9)

27.4 (1.0)

6.9 (0.6)

6.8 (0.5)

  1. aPercentage (Standard Error)