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. 2011 Aug;29(4):349–356. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i4.8450

Table 5.

Determinants of child nutritional status

WAZ LAZ WLZ
Independent variable Standardized regression coefficient p value Standardized regression coefficient p value Standardized regression coefficient p value
ICFI 0.10 0.10 0.13 0.03 -0.03 0.65
Age (months) of child 0.08 0.23 -0.24 <0.001 0.13 0.04
Being a male 0.05 0.46 0.03 0.60 0.02 0.74
No. of children older than study child in family 0.09 0.20 0.05 0.42 0.06 0.42
Mother works 0.10 0.12 0.06 0.33 0.09 0.16
Live in a pucca house 0.10 0.13 0.03 0.69 0.04 0.54
Has electric supply 0.01 0.86 0.01 0.92 0.004 0.95
Education (years) of mother 0.09 0.29 0.05 0.54 0.07 0.44
Education (years) of father 0.03 0.74 0.13 0.11 0.01 0.87
Heard about complementary feeding before 0.13 0.03 0.13 0.03 -0.001 0.99

ICFI=Infant and child-feeding index;

LAZ=Length-for-age z-score;

WAZ=Weight-for-age z-score;

WLZ=Weight-for-length z-score