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PSS Agency :
PSA
Definition :
The number of children aged 0-59 months whose weights for age are less than two standard deviations below the median weight for age of the World Health Organization-Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) in a given time period expressed as a percentage of all children aged 0-59 months who were weighed in the same time period
Formula
![Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age](/system/files/issip/Not%2520applicable_0.png)
Source :
PSA
PSA Board Resolution :
PSA Board Resolution No 01,
Series of 2017 - 182
Series of 2017 - 182
Board Resolution URL
Statistical Domain
Statistical Activity