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. 2023 Jul 6;23:1299. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16233-2

Table 2.

Factors associated with positive screening for CMD in the evaluated sample

CMD Positive* Total OR (CI 95%) P-value
Housing zone 0.130
 Rural 71 (23.4) 304 0.69 (0.42–1.11)
 Urban 34 (30.6) 111 1
Maternal age 32.5 (7.8) 31.1 (7.2) 1.03 (1.00–1.06) 0.032
Child’s age
45.3 (15.0) 42.7 (16.7) 1.01 (0.99–1.02) 0.063
Maternal education 0.029
 More than 8 years 39 (20.4) 191 0.60 (0.38–0.95)
 Up to 8 years 64 (29.9) 214 1
Marital status 0.023
 Married 17 (19.5) 87 1.03 (0.52–2.0) 0.922
 Separate 11 (40.7) 27 2.92 (1.22–7.00) 0.016
 Single 39 (33.6) 116 2.15 (1.22–3.81) 0.008
 Stable union 9 (23.1) 39 1.27 (0.54–3.00) 0.544
 Widow 2 (50.0) 4 4.2 (0.57–31.60) 0.574
 Lives with partner 27 (19.0) 142 1
Ethnicity 0.368
 Asian 2 (66.7) 3 6.4 (0.47–86.34) 0.162
 White 12 (25.0) 48 1.06 (0.32–3.53) 0.916
 Indigenous 2 (66.7) 3 6.40 (0.47–86.34) 0.162
 Brown 84 (24.7) 340 1.05 (0.37–2.95) 0.926
 Black 5 (23.8) 21 1
Monthly family income in reais
514.9 (190.9) 527.4 (227.1) 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.512
Food insecurity < 0.001
 Yes 50 (40.3) 124 2.94 (1.85–4.76)
 No 55 (19.8) 291 1
Number of inhabitants of the house 0.16
4 (2) 3 (2) 1.10 (0.96–1.26)
Availability of internet at home 0.816
 No 42 (24.7) 170 0.94 (0.60–1.48)
 Yes 63 (25.7) 245 1

Change in food availability for your family

after COVID-19 pandemic

0.026
 Yes, it decreased 89 (27.3) 326 2.56 (1.22–5.56) 0.013
 Yes, it increased 7 (36.8) 19 1.55 (0.59–4.07) 0.37
 Has not changed 9 (12.9) 70 1
Job loss during the COVID pandemic
 Yes, I lost informal employment 22 (42.3) 52 2.33 (1.32–4.17) 0.004
 No, no longer working 81 (22.8) 356 1
Receiving emergency aid from the federal government for the pandemic 0.981
 No 3 (25.0) 12 0.98 (0.26–3.70)
 Yes 102 (25.3) 403 1
The father of the child under 6 years old lives in the same house 0.010
 No 49 (32.7) 150 1.81 (1.15–2.84)
 Yes 56 (21.1) 265 1
The child’s father sometimes sees or stays with the child 0.002
 No 24 (50.0) 48 3.08 (1.49–6.35)
 Yes 25 (24.5) 102 1
Current maternal work 0.912
 Does not work at all (not even housework) 1 (25.0) 4 0.98 (0.1–9.55) 0.987
 Yes, at home, out 7 (30.4) 23 1.28 (0.51–3.23) 0.591
 Yes, away from home 11 (22.4) 49 0.85 (0.41–1.74) 0.659
 Yes, only at home (housework) 86 (25.4) 339 1
Smoking 0.044
 Yes 8 (47.1) 17 2.78 (1.03–7.69)
 No 97 (24.5) 396 1
Do you feel safe in your current relationship? 0.010
 No 14 (45.2) 31 2.70 (1.27–5.88)
 Yes 91 (23.7) 384 1
Have you been hit, kicked, punched, or otherwise hurt by someone within the past year? < 0.001
 Yes 14 (60.9) 23 5.26 (2.17–12.5)
 No 91 (23.2) 392 1
Is there a partner from a previous relationship who is making you feel unsafe now? < 0.001
 Yes 30 (50) 60 3.85 (2.13–6.67)
 No 75 (21.1) 355 1

*Numbers are n(%) or Mean (Standard Deviation)