Analyzing the impact of an MDG-Fund program on childhood malnutrition in Timor-Leste

Van der Spek, L.; Sonneveld, B. G. J. S.

doi:10.1186/s41043-024-00539-x

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 4 Explanatory regression model of HAZ-, WAZ- and WHZ-scores

From: Analyzing the impact of an MDG-Fund program on childhood malnutrition in Timor-Leste

Parameter		HAZ¹-scores		WAZ²-scores		WHZ³-scores
Parameter		Coeff	p-value	Coeff	p-value	Coeff	p-value
Intercept		− 1.29	< 0.0001	− 1.31	< 0.0001	− 1.54	< 0.0001
Measured in hungry season	No	Reference category
Measured in hungry season	Yes	0.28	0.0275			− 0.13	0.0376
Sex	Male	Reference category
Sex	Female	0.35	0.0032	0.11	< 0.0001
District	Aileu	Reference category
	Ainaro	− 0.55	0.0026	− 0.20	< 0.0001	1.45	< 0.0001
	Baucau					0.95	< 0.0001
	Bobonaro			− 0.24	< 0.0001	1.26	< 0.0001
	Cova Lima	− 1.02	0.0007	− 0.18	0.006	0.85	< 0.0001
	Dili	− 0.97	0.0108			1.34	< 0.0001
	Ermera	− 1.90	< .0001	− 0.50	< 0.0001	0.93	< 0.0001
	Lautem					1.01	< 0.0001
	Liquica					0.98	< 0.0001
	Manatuto	0.87	< .0001			0.73	< 0.0001
	Manufahi					1.18	< 0.0001
	Oecusse			− 0.54	< 0.0001	0.58	< 0.0001
	Viqueque					0.91	< 0.0001
Age of child	Zero	Reference category
	One	− 1.03	< .0001	− 0.82	< 0.0001	− 0.64	< 0.0001
	Two	− 0.77	0.0008	− 1.04	< 0.0001	− 0.74	< 0.0001
	Three	− 1.02	< .0001	− 1.14	< 0.0001	− 0.62	< 0.0001
	Four	− 0.83	0.0003	− 1.22	< 0.0001	− 0.90	< 0.0001
Month of birth	Jan	Reference category
	March	− 0.45	0.0352
	June			0.12	0.019
	July			0.24	< 0.0001
	Aug			0.20	0.000
	Sept			0.42	< 0.0001
	Oct			0.48	< 0.0001	0.25	0.0156
	Nov	0.57	0.0129	0.45	< 0.0001
	Dec			0.33	< 0.0001
Slope	8–16%	Reference category
Slope	16–30%	0.55	0.0008
Soil suitability	Marginal	Reference category
Soil suitability	Moderate	− 0.90	< 0.0001
Partner’s occ	Prof. Tech. …	Reference category
	Agric-self employed	− 0.32	0.0139			0.20	0.0056
	Services					0.20	0.0408
Suppl. food	No	Reference category
Suppl. food	Yes			− 0.16	< 0.0001
Sanitation facilities	Non-improved	Reference category
Sanitation facilities	Improved			− 0.08	0.017
BMI class	Underweight	Reference category
	Normal			0.33	< 0.0001	0.29	0.0001
	Overweight			0.47	< 0.0001	0.45	0.0011
Wealth	Poorest	Reference category
	Poorer			0.08	0.024
	Richer			0.14	0.001
	Richest			0.23	< 0.0001
Size of child at birth	Average			0.12	0.004
Size of child at birth	Larger			0.22	< 0.0001	0.21	0.0038
Altitude	= < 800 m	Reference category
Altitude	800–1000 m					0.31	0.038
Mother’s occ	Not working	Reference category
Mother’s occ	Prof. Tech. …			0.24	0.027
Household size	0–5	Reference category
Household size	6–10			− 0.07	0.017
Pop. dens	= < 50	Reference category
Pop. dens	> 500			− 0.24	< 0.0001
Contraception use	Non-user	Reference category
Contraception use	User					− 0.13	0.0487

Based on data from 2009–2010
^aHAZ, height-for-age Z-score, indicator of stunting; ^bWAZ, weight-for-age Z-score, indicator of underweight; ^cWHZ, weight-for-height Z-score, indicator of wasting

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