Table 2. Predictors of under-nutrition among adult population aged 20–49 years, Botswana.

Factors		Men (n = 3419)		Female (n = 2188)
		Odds ratio	S.E.	Odds ratio	S.E.
Age	20–24	1.00	0.22	2.40**	0.26
	25.29	0.99	0.21	2.05**	0.25
	30–34	1.08	0.21	1.67	0.25
	35–39	1.03	0.21	1.22	0.26
	40–44	1.02	0.22	1.05	0.27
	45–49 (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00	-
Place of residence	City/town (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00	-
	Urban village	1.13	0.11	1.19	0.12
	Rural	1.10	0.12	0.98	0.14
Marital status	Currently married/in union (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00	-
	Formerly married/in union	0.71	0.54	0.56	0.37
	Never married/in union	1.61***	0.11	1.15	0.10
Educational level	No education	1.45**	0.18	1.57**
	Primary	1.66**	0.15	0.79
	Secondary	1.31**	0.13	0.79
	Higher (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00
Parity	0 (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00	-
	1	0.85	0.12	0.61***	0.13
	2	0.76*	0.15	0.54***	0.15
	3	0.75	0.19	0.51***	0.19
	4+	0.75	0.18	0.49***	0.20
Wealth Quintile	1. Poorest 20%	3.46***	0.18	3.07***	0.21
	2.	2.30***	0.18	1.81**	0.21
	3.	2.23***	0.15	1.69**	0.17
	4.	1.59**	0.14	1.62**	0.15
	5. Richest 20% (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00	-
Do you listen to radio at least once a week?	Yes (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00	-
	No	0.88	0.11	0.88	0.12
Do you watch TV at least once a week?	Yes (Ref)	1.00	-	1.00	-
	No	0.84	0.11	1.37**	0.12

Significance levels: ***p<0.001; **p<0.05; *p<0.10; S.E. represents standard error.