Table 2.
Association between nutritional status of <5-year-old diarrhoeal children and mother’s involvement in paid employment in urban Bangladesh, 1996–2012†
| Undernourished | Stunting | Underweight | Wasting | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | 95 % CI | RR | 95 % CI | RR | 95 % CI | RR | 95 % CI | |
| Model 1 | 1·1*** | 1·1, 1·2 | 1·2*** | 1·1, 1·3 | 1·2*** | 1·1, 1·3 | 1·3*** | 1·2, 1·4 |
| Model 2 | 1·1** | 1·0, 1·2 | 1·2*** | 1·1, 1·2 | 1·2*** | 1·1, 1·3 | 1·3*** | 1·2, 1·4 |
| Model 3 | 1·1 | 0·9, 1·1 | 1·1 | 0·9, 1·2 | 1·1* | 1·0, 1·2 | 1·2** | 1·1, 1·3 |
| Model 4 | 1·1 | 0·9, 1·1 | 1·1* | 1·0, 1·2 | 1·1** | 1·0, 1·2 | 1·2** | 1·1, 1·3 |
RR, relative risk.
Model 1 adjusted for mother’s involvement in a paid job.
Model 2 adjusted for covariate in model 1 plus sex, age, cough or fever within 1 month, and diarrhoeal duration before hospitalization.
Model 3 adjusted for covariates in model 2 plus maternal literacy, wealth index, monthly family income and family size.
Model 4 adjusted for covariates in model 3 plus year of hospitalization (continuous, 1996–2012).
*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.
Outcome: overall undernutrition, stunting, wasting or underweight; main exposure: mother’s involvement in a paid job; reference categories: mother not involved in any paid-job activities.