Table 4.
Bivariate analysis of the effects of household poverty status on child stunting, stratified by age.
| Poverty measure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model with expenditures poverty | Model with assets poverty | Model with food poverty | Model with subjective poverty | |
| Overall sample | ||||
| Poorest | 0.83⁎⁎ | 1.26⁎⁎ | 1.40⁎⁎⁎ | 1.30⁎⁎⁎ |
| Middle | 0.84⁎ | 0.99 | 1.24⁎⁎ | 1.22⁎⁎ |
| Least poor | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Among <6 | ||||
| Poorest | 1.18 | 1.23 | 1.11 | 1.16 |
| Middle | 1.00 | 1.49⁎ | 1.18 | 1.23 |
| Least poor | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Among 6–11 | ||||
| Poorest | 1.21 | 1.68⁎ | 2.29⁎⁎⁎ | 1.13 |
| Middle | 0.93 | 0.95 | 1.64⁎ | 1.05 |
| Least poor | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Among 12–23 | ||||
| Poorest | 1.67⁎⁎ | 1.87⁎⁎⁎ | 1.93⁎⁎⁎ | 1.63⁎⁎ |
| Middle | 1.60⁎⁎ | 1.13 | 1.62⁎⁎ | 1.49⁎ |
| Least poor | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Among 24+ | ||||
| Poorest | 3.12⁎ | 8.05⁎⁎⁎ | 3.83† | 12.39⁎⁎⁎ |
| Middle | 2.26⁎ | 1.84 | 1.80† | 2.39 |
| Least poor | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
†
p<.10.
⁎
p<.05.
⁎⁎
p<.01.
⁎⁎⁎
p<.001