Table 3.
Comparison of the prevalence of wasting, underweight, and Stunting with respect to habitation, sex, and age of a child
| Variables | Underweight | Stunting | Wasting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Negative (%) | ||
| Sex | male | 435(46.5) | 500(53.5) | 433(46.3) | 502(53.7) | 266(28.4) | 669(71.6) |
| female | 429(49.2) | 443(50.8) | 381(43.7) | 491(56.3) | 316(36.2) | 556(63.8) | |
| P-value* | P=0.3 | P=0.3 | P<0.001 | ||||
| Habitation | rural | 459(53.2) | 404(46.8) | 462(53.5) | 401(46.5) | 251(29.1) | 612(70.9) |
| urban | 405(42.9) | 539(57.1) | 352(37.3) | 592(62.7) | 331(35.1) | 613(64.9) | |
| P-value* | P <0.001 | P<0.001 | P≤0.006* | ||||
| Age | ≤ 2 yr | 337(50.4) | 332(49.6) | 484(72.3) | 185(27.7) | 206(30.8) | 463(69.2) |
| > 2yr | 527(46.3) | 611(53.7) | 330(29) | 808(71) | 376(33) | 762(67) | |
| P-value* | P=0.09 | P<0.001 | P=0.3 | ||||
*
Chi-squre test, P is significant at the level α =0.05