Table 3. Determinants of ARI among under-fives (marginal effects after a probit estimation).
| Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) | Model (4) | Model (5) | |
| Mother's education:primary | 0.0 | −0.00 | −0.00 | 0.01 | |
| (0.96) | (0.66) | (0.71) | (0.59) | ||
| Secondary | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.06 | |
| (0.21) | (0.33) | (0.23) | (0.22) | ||
| Post-secondary | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10* | 0.13 | |
| (0.12) | (0.10) | (0.07) | (0.20) | ||
| Location: Rural | 0.07*** | 0.07*** | 0 09*** | 0.06 | 0.09* |
| (0.00) | (0.0) | (0.00) | (0.11) | (0.06) | |
| Region: East | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.07 |
| (0.44) | (0.36) | (0.53) | (0.69) | (0.10) | |
| North | 0.04* | 0.06** | 0.05** | 0.05** | −0.03 |
| (0.07) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.43) | |
| West | 0.05** | 0.05** | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.37) | (0.31) | (0.23) | |
| Father's education:primary | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
| (0.278) | (0.33) | (0.77) | (0.72) | ||
| Secondary | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| (0.529) | (0.63) | (0.83) | (0.35) | ||
| Post-secondary | −0.04 | −0.05 | −0.04 | −0.02 | |
| (0.22) | (0.22) | (0.27) | (0.75) | ||
| Religion:Protestant | −0.01 | −0.00 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| (0.57) | (0.60) | (0.46) | (0.49) | (0.65) | |
| Muslim | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.02 | −0.03 | −0.00 |
| (0.44) | (0.29) | (0.41) | (0.27) | (0.98) | |
| Other | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| (0.16) | (0.12) | (0.17) | (0.35) | (0.261) | |
| Wealth status:Poor | −0.05** | −0.05** | −0.08** | ||
| (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.04) | |||
| Middle | 0 09*** | 0.10*** | 0.17*** | ||
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |||
| Rich | −0.04 | −0.04 | −0.07 | ||
| (0.12) | (0.12) | (0.12) | |||
| Richest | −0.08** | −0.08** | 0.18*** | ||
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.00) | |||
| Exclusive breastfeeding | 0.04*** | −0.03** | −0.04** | ||
| (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |||
| Mother age cohorts: 20–24 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.02 | ||
| (0.72) | (0.80) | (0.47) | |||
| 25–29 | −0.03 | −0.04 | −0.07* | ||
| (0.26) | (0.25) | (0.05) | |||
| 30–34 | −0.06* | −0.06* | 0.10*** | ||
| (0.08) | (0.07) | (0.0) | |||
| 35–39 | 0.10*** | 0.10*** | 0.13*** | ||
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.002) | |||
| 40–44 | −0.07* | −0.08* | −0.1** | ||
| (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.01) | |||
| 45–49 | −0.06 | −0.07 | −0.10* | ||
| (0.22) | (0.16) | (0.08) | |||
| Child sex: Male | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.00 |
| (0.58) | (0.55) | (0.49) | (0.36) | (0.95) | |
| Breastfeeding in the 1st half of an hour | −0.03** | ||||
| (0.01) | |||||
| Birth order: 2 | −0.03 | ||||
| (0.23) | |||||
| 3 | −0.06** | ||||
| (0.02) | |||||
| 4+ | 0.07*** | ||||
| (0.00) | |||||
| Wall material: bricks | 0.07*** | ||||
| (0.00) | |||||
| Radio | −0.03* | −0.03** | |||
| (0.05) | (0.04) | ||||
| Cooking fuel:Charcoal | −0.00 | −0.08 | |||
| (0.99) | (0.68) | ||||
| Wood | −0.01 | −0.10 | |||
| (0.94) | (0.62) | ||||
| Floor material:cement | −0.06** | ||||
| (0.01) | |||||
| Mother's occupation:Agriculture | −0.02 | ||||
| (0.49) | |||||
| Services | −0.02 | ||||
| (0.60) | |||||
| Blue collar jobs | −0.07* | ||||
| (0.06) | |||||
| Father's occupation:Agriculture | 0.00 | ||||
| (0.91) | |||||
| Services | 0.08* | ||||
| (0.06) | |||||
| Blue collar jobs | 0.04* | ||||
| (0.08) | |||||
| Child age in months: 13–24 | 0.11*** | ||||
| (0.00) | |||||
| 25–36 | 0.19*** | ||||
| (4.33e- 06) | |||||
| 37–48 | −0.13** | ||||
| (0.01) | |||||
| 49–59 | −0.11* | ||||
| (0.07) | |||||
| Breastfeeding up to six months | 0.24*** | ||||
| (1.35e- 08) | |||||
| Nutritional status: wasted | 0.03 | ||||
| (0.30) | |||||
| Observations | 4,40 | 4,38 | 4,22 | 3,87 | 1,47 |
p-value in parentheses; *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1.