| Covariates | Severe Malnutrition (%) | Moderate Malnutrition (%) |
Nourished (%) | γˆ(p − value) | χ2(p − value) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of residence | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Rural | 412 (7.9%) | 805 (15.4%) | 4014 | (76.7%) | 0.000 | - | |||
| Urban | 2241 (25.4%) | 1191 (13.5%) | 5398 | (61.1%) | – | – | |||
| Sex of child | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Male | 1142 (17.9%) | 859 | (13.5%) | 4376 | (68.6%) | - | 0.000 | ||
| Female | 997 (14.4%) | 814 | (12.8%) | 4550 | (71.8%) | – | – | ||
| Child’s | Age | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (months) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| < 12 | 199 | (14.1%) | 144 | (10.2%) | 1014 | (75.8%) | 0.000 | - | |
| 12-23 | 278 | (15.3%) | 199 | (10.9%) | 1343 | (73.8%) | – | – | |
| 24-35 | 380 | (14.7%) | 356 | (13.8%) | 1843 | (71.5%) | – | – | |
| 36-47 | 619 | (18.0%) | 496 | (14.4%) | 2319 | (67.5%) | – | – | |
| 48-59 | 643 | (18.5%) | 478 | (13.8%) | 2349 | (67.7%) | – | – | |
| Mother’s level of education | – | – | |||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Primary | 1869 (20.5%) | 1276 (14.0%) | 5962 (65.5%) | 0.000 | - | ||||
| Secondary | 124 (5.1%) | 258 (710.6%) | 2054 (84.3%) | – | – | ||||
| Higher | 1 (0.5%) | 5 (2.6%) | 184 (96.8%) | ||||||
| Birth interval (months) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| < 24 | 182 | (20.2%) | 144 | (16.0%) | 576 (63.9%) | 0.000 | - | ||
| 24-47 | 922 | (22.1%) | 556 | (13.3%) | 2698 (64.6%) | – | – | ||
| > 47 | 424 | (11.6%) | 435 | (11.9%) | 2798 (76.5%) | - | 0.001 | ||
| Wealth index | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Poor | 2540 (37.2%) | 614 (9.0%) | 3676 | (53.8%) | 0.000 | - | |||
| Middle | 66 (2.2%) | 1161 (38.2%) | 1816 | (59.7%) | – | – | |||
| Not poor | 47 (1.1%) | 221 (5.3%) | 3920 | (93.6%) | – | – | |||
| Birth order | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2-3 | 466 | (12.5%) | 479 | (12.9%) | 2773 | (74.6%) | 0.000 | - | |
| 4-5 | 451 | (18.9%) | 334 | (14.0%) | 1604 | (67.1%) | – | – | |
| >5 | 626 | (18.9%) | 389 | (11.8%) | 2295 | (69.3%) | – | – | |