Table 4 Generalized linear model identifying factors influencing child nutrition status in north-central Ethiopia May 2018
Explanatory variables | Child malnutrition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
WHZ, β (95% CI) | HAZ, β (95% CI) | WAZ, β (95% CI) | BAZ, β (95% CI) | |
City (0 = Combolcha, 1 = Dessie) | − 1.33 (− 1.78, − 0.89)*** | 0.21 (− 0.19, 0.61) | − 1.03 (− 1.33, − 0.73)*** | − 1.23 (− 1.7, − 0.78)*** |
Sex of household head (0 = female, 1 = male) | − 0.97 (− 1.56, − 0.35)** | 0.30 (− 0.25, 0.87) | 0.18 (− 0.50, 0.14) | − 0.07 (− 1.36, − 0.08)* |
Family size | − 0.004 (− 0.17, 0.16) | 0.02 (− 0.06, 0.12) | 0.04 (− 0.03, 0.11) | − 0.02 (− 0.19, 0.15) |
Age of mother | − 0.01 (− 0.04, 0.02) | 0.03 (0.009, 0.05)** | 0.01 (0.001, 0.03)* | − 0.01 (− 0.05, 0.01) |
Education of mother (1 = formal, otherwise = 0) | − 0.19 (− 0.89, 0.51) | 0.66 (0.03, 1.29)* | 0.18 (− 0.24, 0.60) | − 0.54 (− 1.25, 0.17) |
Marital status (1 = married, otherwise = 0) | 0.23 (− 0.5, 1.03) | 0.08 (− 0.65, 0.82) | 0.21 (− 0.29, 0.70) | 0.33 (− 0.49, 1.14) |
Wealth index | 0.02 (− 0.04, 0.07) | − 0.02 (− 0.07, 0.03) | − 0.004 (− 0.03,0.03) | 0.02 (− 0.03, 0.08) |
Food insecurity (0 = secure, 1 = insecure) | 0.08 (− 0.43, 0.61) | − 0.09 (− 0.56,0.37) | 0.02 (− 0.31, 0.35) | 0.21 (− 0.32, 0.75) |
Child age | 0.31 (0.13, 0.50)** | − 0.36 (− 0.53, − 0.20)*** | − 0.24 (− 0.34, − 0.13)*** | 0.23 (0.04, 0.42)* |
Sex of child (1 = male, 0 = female) | − 0.13 (− 0.55, 0.28) | 0.50 (0.13, 0.87)** | 0.15 (− 0.11, 0.41) | − 0.25 (− 0.68,0.17) |
Child dietary diversity score | 0.48 (0.28, 0.69)*** | − 0.25 (− 0.45, − 0.06)** | 0.26 (0.12, 0.39)*** | 0.48 (0.26, 0.69)*** |
Animal source food | − 0.21 (− 0.52, 0.09) | 0.30 (0.01, 0.58)* | 0.04 (− 0.15, 0.24) | − 0.22 (− 0.54, 0.09) |