Table 6.

Correlation coefficient between associated factors and malnutrition among children

Variable	Malnutrition
	Stunting	Underweight	Wasting
	r	r	r
Age of child in years	0.33*	0.01	0.07
Energy intake
4–7 years	−0.79***	−0.23*	0.08
8–11 years	−0.31*	−0.47**	−0.45**
Boys	−0.28*	−0.29*	−0.09
Girls
Variety of foods	−0.90***	−0.96***	0.07
Vaccination
Girls	−0.36*	−0.01	−0.01
Boys	−0.76***	−0.03	−0.08
Morbidity
Diarrhea	0.82***	0.90***	0.03
Cough/colds	0.36*	0.29*	0.03
Hygiene practice
Washing hands (with soap)	−0.91***	−0.39*	−0.09

^*p-values were significant at p<0.05,

^**p-values were significant at p<0.01 and

^***p-values were significant at p<0.001. p-values that are not starred were not significant at p<0.05.

1Pearson product moment analysis