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. 2024 May 2;10:67. doi: 10.1186/s40795-024-00874-6

Table 5.

Two-level binary logistic regression analysis of maternal child marriage influencing nutritional status of under-five children

Variable Stunting, AOR (95% CI) Wasting, AOR (95% CI) Underweight, AOR (95% CI)
Child marriage
No 1.201 (1.11–1.72)* 1.519 (1.15-2.00)** 1.150 (1.09–1.82)*
YesR
Division
Barisal 0.706 (0.54–0.92)** 0.980 (0.64–1.48) 0.636 (0.46–0.86)**
Chittagong 0.777 (0.61–0.97)* 0.888 (0.61–1.27) 0.668 (0.51–0.87)**
Dhaka 0.576 (0.44–0.74)** 0.922 (0.62–1.35) 0.512 (0.38–0.68)**
Khulna 0.574 (0.43–0.75)** 0.742 (0.47–1.17) 0.595 (0.43–0.82)**
Mymensingh 0.829 (0.64 − 0.106) 0.949 (0.64–1.40) 0.821 (0.62–1.08)
Rajshahi 0.667 (0.50–0.87)** 0.675 (0.42–1.07) 0.593 (0.43–0.81)**
Rangpur 0.599 (0.45–0.78)** 0.819 (0.53–1.26) 0.649 (0.47–0.88)**
SyletR
Type of place of residence
Urban 1.031 (0.88–1.20) 1.182 (0.92–1.50) 1.131 (0.94–1.35)
RuralR
Mothers’ education level
No education 1.557 (1.10–2.19)** 2.071 (1.20–3.55)** 2.384 (1.60–3.53)**
Primary 1.564 (1.19–2.04)** 1.333 (0.85–2.07) 1.806 (1.31–2.48)**
Secondary 1.422 (1.12–1.80)** 1.415 (0.96–2.07) 1.592 (1.19–2.11)**
HigherR
Husbands’ education level
No education 1.814 (1.34–2.44)** 1.260 (0.78–2.01) 1.550 (1.09–2.19)*
Primary 1.817 (1.39–2.36)** 0.897 (0.58–1.36) 1.506 (1.10–2.05)**
Secondary 1.33 (1.03–1.71)** 1.09 (0.74–1.62) 1.266 (0.93–1.70)
HigherR
Religion
Muslim 0.960 (0.75–1.121) 1.236 (0.81–1.187) 0.982 (0.74–1.29)
OthersR
Wealth Index
Poor 1.494 (1.25–1.78)** 1.115 (0.83–1.49) 1.360 (1.10–1.67)**
Middle 1.481 (1.22–1.79)** 0.963 (0.69–1.33) 1.387 (1.11–1.73)**
RichR
Total ever born children
One 1.066 (0.89–1.26) 1.44 (1.09–1.92)** 0.967 (0.79–1.17)
Two 0.909 (0.78–1.06) 1.22 (0.94–1.58) 0.890 (0.74–1.06)
Three or moreR
Age at first birth (Year)
Early child bearing (age < 20) 1.113 (0.93 − 0.88) 1.625 (1.21–2.18)** 1.196 (0.97–1.46)
Normal (age ≥ 20)R
Husbands’ occupation
Hard working 0.918 (0.59–1.40) 1.270 (0.62–2.60) 0.764 (0.48–1.21)
Service holder 0.815 (0.46–1.42) 0.748 (0.29–1.90) 0.689 (0.36–1.28)
Businessman 0.813 (0.52–1.27) 0.856 (0.40–1.81) 0.597 (0.36–0.97)*
UnemployedR
Respondent currently working
No 0.902 (0.78–1.03) 0.993 (0.79–1.24) 0.968 (0.82–1.13)
YesR
Sex of child
Boy 1.08 (0.95–1.122) 1.199 (0.97–1.47) 1.139 (0.98–1.31)
GirlR
Initial breastfeeding
Yes 1.00 (0.88–1.14) 0.982 (0.79–1.21) 0.983 (0.84–1.14)
NoR
Hosmer and Lemeshow Test Chi-square value = 5.843; p-value = 0.665 Chi-square value = 3.999; p-value = 0.857 Chi-square value = 6.793; p-value = 0.559
Nagelkerke R 2 –value 0.56 0.49 0.60
Cluster level variation 0.0280 0.025404 0.0752

N.B: R: Reference category, AOR: Adjusted odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; **: 1% (p < 0.01) and *: 5% (p < 0.05) level of significance