Table 4.

Kruskal–Wallis H test of significant mean difference of CMHSc among the multiple categories (more than two) explanatory variables

		Kruskal Wallis H test
Variables	Categories	Mean	Std. Deviation	Minimum	Maximum	Test statistics	P value
Division	Dhaka	0.5730	0.13780	0.17	0.88	14.408	0.002
	Rajshahi	0.6229	0.11360	0.38	1
	Chattogram	0.5680	0.13089	0.08	1
	Maymansing	0.6138	0.15576	0.21	0.88
Birth weight	< 2.5 kg	0.5797	0.14947	0.17	1	4.796	0.091
	2.5–3.5 kg	0.5933	0.13032	0.08	1
	> 3.5 kg	0.6313	0.13028	0.33	.92
Breastfeeding status in the first 6 month of child	Always	0.5994	0.13988	0.17	1	8.173	0.17
	Breastfeed and formula milk	0.5962	0.13321	0.17	1
	Always Formula milk	0.4931	0.14938	0.08	0.71
Given child supplementary food/milk	Always	0.5514	0.17920	0.17	1	8.629	0.035
	Sometimes	0.5981	0.12217	0..08	1
	Seldom	0.6167	0.13874	0.29	0.88
	Never	0.6563	0.18332	0.38	0.88
Give child opportunity to play/going outside/meeting with friends	Always	0.6239	0.14700	0.17	1	10.824	0.013
	Sometimes	0.5831	0.12333	0.21	1
	Seldom	0.5577	0.15498	0.08	0.79
	Never	0.5833	0.08704	0.42	0.71
Father’s education level	Primary	0.657	0.0292	0.47	0.95	12.326	0.0012
	Secondary	0.5797	0.13528	0.08	0.88
	Higher	0.6292	0.14405	0.25	1
Mother’s education level	Illiterate	0.5682	0.08704	0.42	0.75	5.650	0.130
	Primary	0.5766	0.13699	0.08	0.88
	Secondary	0.6051	0.13969	0.17	1
	Higher	0.6012	0.15617	0.25	1
Father’s occupation	Government jobs	0.6013	0.13359	0.29	1	11.177	0.025
	Private jobs	0.6079	0.13667	0.21	1
	Daily work	0.5465	0.10409	0.29	0.71
	Remittance Worker	0.5887	0.15796	0.08	0.88
	Others	0.6049	0.14331	0.25	0.88
Monthly family income	Less than 10 k	0.5591	0.11351	0.29	0.92	28.517	0.00
	10 k-20 k	0.4886	0.14155	0.08	.67
	20 k-40 k	0.61687	0.13645	0.21	1
	More than 40 k	0.6045	0.15135	0.17	0.88
Types of house	Single-family homes	0.5856	0.14536	0.08	1	6.012	0.049
	Apartments	0.6166	0.12980	0.21	1
	Multi-family homes	0.5778	0.13190	0.17	0.83
Mother age at the time of birth of that children	Less than 18	0.5524	0.14149	0.29	0.79	8.844	0.031
	18–25	0.5860	0.14263	0.08	1
	25–30	0.6111	0.12373	0.29	0.88
	30 +	0.6279	0.13267	0.25	0.83