Table 2 |
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Children's nutrition status according to selected independent variables |
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Co-variables |
Nutrition Status according to Weight-for-Age Z-score (WAZ) |
Pearson Chi-square (p-value) |
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Severe Malnourish (WAZ < -3.00) |
Moderate Malnourish (-3.00≤WAZ≤2.01) |
Nourish (WAZ≥-2.00) |
Total |
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Children age (in months) |
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0-11 |
5.2 |
14.4 |
80.5 |
1140 |
455.986 (0.000) |
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12-23 |
17.8 |
41.0 |
41.2 |
1170 |
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24+ |
13.6 |
38.6 |
47.7 |
3695 |
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Birth interval (months) |
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48+ months |
10.6 |
31.0 |
58.4 |
1787 |
36.924 (0.000) |
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24-47 months |
14.3 |
36.4 |
49.3 |
2586 |
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< 24 months |
13.0 |
35.2 |
51.8 |
1523 |
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Mother's education |
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Higher |
3.4 |
17.4 |
79.1 |
422 |
204.092 (0.000) |
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Secondary |
10.4 |
33.1 |
56.5 |
1987 |
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Primary |
12.6 |
35.9 |
51.5 |
1292 |
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No education |
17.1 |
38.1 |
44.8 |
2217 |
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Household wealth status |
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Richest |
5.9 |
24.3 |
69.7 |
987 |
251.337 (0.000) |
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Richer |
10.5 |
32.1 |
57.4 |
1091 |
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Middle |
12.0 |
32.5 |
55.6 |
1179 |
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Poor |
14.4 |
38.5 |
47.1 |
1237 |
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Poorest |
18.4 |
41.2 |
40.3 |
1512 |
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Child feeding status |
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High (10-12) |
8.5 |
26.0 |
65.5 |
1148 |
99.780 (0.000) |
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Medium (7-9) |
13.2 |
36.8 |
50.0 |
3367 |
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Low (0-6) |
15.5 |
35.7 |
48.7 |
1381 |
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Mothers' antenatal-postnatal care status |
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Sufficient (16-18) |
3.6 |
17.5 |
78.8 |
290 |
136.482 (0.000) |
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Merely sufficient (11-15) |
10.1 |
27.1 |
62.9 |
796 |
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Less sufficient (6-10) |
11.3 |
33.0 |
55.8 |
1396 |
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Least sufficient (1-5) |
13.8 |
36.1 |
50.1 |
1102 |
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No care (0) |
16.5 |
36.8 |
46.7 |
1137 |
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Mother's BMI |
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Normal (≥18.5) |
9.5 |
31.0 |
59.4 |
3664 |
198.723 (0.000) |
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Thinness (< 18.5) |
18.3 |
40.1 |
41.7 |
2232 |
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Incidence of ARI in the last two weeks |
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No |
12.2 |
33.8 |
54.0 |
4654 |
15.833 (0.000) |
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Yes |
15.1 |
36.9 |
48.0 |
1242 |
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Incidence of fever in the last two weeks |
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No |
11.2 |
33.3 |
55.5 |
3499 |
34.490 (0.000) |
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Yes |
15.2 |
36.1 |
48.6 |
2397 |
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Incidence of diarrhoea in the last two weeks |
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No |
12.5 |
34.2 |
53.3 |
5445 |
13.350 (0.001) |
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Yes |
16.9 |
38.0 |
45.1 |
451 |
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Total |
12.8 |
34.5 |
52.7 |
6005 |
N/A |
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Das and Rahman Nutrition Journal 2011 10:124 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-124 |
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