Table 3.

Unadjusted associations of child health indicators with family behavioural factors, household past experience of hardships, household and children characteristics

	Diarrhoea in the last 2 weeks				Acute respiratory infection in the last 2 weeks				Emaciation (weight-for-height less than -2z)				Linear growth retardation (height-for-age less than -2z)				Under-weight (weight-for-ageless than -2z)
	n	OR	CI		n	OR	CI		n	OR	CI		n	OR	CI		n	OR	CI
Family behavioural factors related to women
Lack of education (y vs n)	2361	2.28	1.85	2.83	2154	1.00	0.83	1.21	2034	1.33	0.97	1.80	2059	1.55	1.26	1.89	2273	1.62	1.29	2.04
Married younger than 16 years (y vs n)	2325	1.64	1.33	2.03	2121	1.18	0.95	1.46	2001	1.18	0.85	1.63	2029	0.97	0.77	1.21	2237	1.41	1.12	1.78
Lack of maternal autonomy (y vs n)	2316	1.91	1.44	2.53	2112	1.65	1.25	2.18	1995	1.45	0.95	2.21	2021	1.77	1.34	2.32	2229	1.88	1.36	2.61
Preference for female physician (female vs either)	2349	1.41	1.18	1.68	2144	1.19	1.01	1.42	2023	1.07	0.82	1.40	2049	1.37	1.14	1.64	2261	1.39	1.14	1.70
Household experience of hardships
Shortage of basic material needs (y vs n)	2182	1.65	1.37	1.98	1983	1.15	0.96	1.37	1888	0.83	0.63	1.09	1904	1.28	1.06	1.54	2104	1.24	1.01	1.53
Forced to leave preferred residence (y vs n)	2338	1.39	1.08	1.80	2133	0.84	0.67	1.07	2019	1.24	0.83	1.86	2041	1.39	1.07	1.81	2251	1.42	1.06	1.90
Migration inside the country (y vs n)	2338	1.44	1.21	1.72	2133	0.92	0.77	1.09	2019	1.32	1.00	1.73	2041	1.27	1.06	1.52	2251	0.68	0.55	0.85
Migration outside the country (y vs n)	2252	0.78	0.64	0.94	2047	0.95	0.79	1.14	1942	0.76	0.56	1.02	1965	0.88	0.73	1.06	2168	1.67	1.37	2.04
Household economic status
Income (vs high)	820				743				727				742				803
Low	910	1.68	1.37	2.07	832	1.20	0.97	1.48	770	1.25	0.92	1.69	769	1.20	0.98	1.48	860	1.51	1.21	1.90
Middle	618	1.37	1.09	1.72	568	1.39	1.11	1.75	526	0.99	0.69	1.40	536	1.09	0.87	1.37	597	1.02	0.79	1.32
No running water	2297	1.51	1.26	1.80	2095	1.08	0.91	1.29	1982	1.14	0.87	1.53	2005	1.61	1.33	1.94	2209	1.48	1.21	1.83
Characteristics of the child and access to health services
Gender (girl vs boy)	2361	1.07	0.90	1.28	2156	0.94	0.79	1.12	2034	0.92	0.70	1.19	2059	0.91	0.76	1.08	2273	1.00	0.83	1.22
Age (vs 0–11 months)	527				489				409				426				503
12–23 months	574	1.33	1.04	1.69	544	0.92	0.72	1.19	515	0.52	0.37	0.75	513	1.03	0.79	1.33	562	0.34	0.25	0.45
24–35 months	466	1.00	0.77	1.30	430	1.02	0.78	1.34	423	0.47	0.32	0.69	424	1.20	0.91	1.58	460	0.58	0.44	0.76
36–47 months	419	0.74	0.56	0.98	367	0.89	0.67	1.19	383	0.30	0.19	0.47	385	1.09	0.82	1.44	415	0.45	0.33	0.60
48–59 months	375	0.48	0.35	0.65	326	0.93	0.69	1.24	304	0.40	0.25	0.62	311	0.86	0.63	1.16	333	0.32	0.23	0.45
Missing diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus vaccination (y vs n)	2197	1.67	1.33	2.11	2014	1.57	1.24	1.99	1941	1.34	0.95	1.90	1959	1.48	1.16	1.88	2154	1.98	1.55	2.54

OR = odds-ratios; CI = confidence interval.