  
<prompt> Chronic Undernutrition (Stunting) by Selected Background Characteristics | Percent | (Turkey, 12) (Urban, 9) (Rural, 18) (West, 6) (South, 10) (Central, 10) (North, 13) (East, 23) (Istanbul, 6) (Southeast Anatolia, 22) (No education/ Primary Incomplete, 25) (First Level Primary, 9) (Second Level Primary, 6) (High School and Higher, 3) <response> One in eight children under age five is stunted (short for their age), with more than one-quarter of these children classified severely stunted (too short for their age).  