Table 2.
Relationship between sociodemographic factors and child's nutritional status
| Variable | Nutritional status of children | POR | 95% Confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight N (%) | Normal N (%) | p valuea | |||
| Child's sex | |||||
| Male | 22(17.6) | 103(82.4) | 0.797 | 0.914 | 0.459-1.820 |
| Female | 18(18.9) | 77(81.1) | |||
| Parent's marital status | |||||
| Still married | 34(16.9) | 167(83.1) | 0.113 | 0.441 | 0.157-1.242 |
| Separated or divorced | 6(31.6) | 13(68.4) | |||
| Mother's education | |||||
| Low | 15(22.7) | 51(77.3) | 0.252 | 1.518 | 0.741-3.110 |
| High | 25(16.2) | 129(83.8) | |||
| Father's education | |||||
| Low | 6(24.0) | 19(76.0) | 0.423 | 1.495 | 0.556-4.023 |
| High | 34(17.4) | 161(82.6) | |||
| Mother is working | |||||
| Yes | 19(19.4) | 79(80.6) | 0.678 | 1.157 | 0.582-2.299 |
| No | 21(17.2) | 101(82.8) | |||
| Father is working | |||||
| Yes | 38(18.0) | 173(82.0) | 0.748 | 0.769 | 0.154-3.847 |
| No | 2(22.2) | 7(77.8) | |||
aPearson chi-square test was performed;
POR=Prevalence odds ratio