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