Table 3.
Adjusted odd ratios for child stunting among separate child groups by household food insecurity level using multiple logistic regression
| 1) Severe food insecure group (N = 252) | 2) Non-severe food insecure group (N = 108) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | Variables | Adjusted OR | 95% CI |
| Tea/porridge with milk in previous 24 h | Animal rearing | ||||
| No | Ref. | No | Ref. | ||
| Yes | 3.22 | (1.43 - 7.25) | Yes | 3.24 | (1.04 - 10.07) |
| Non-milk liquids | Caregiver’s education status | ||||
| No | Ref. | Not educated/Preschool | Ref. | ||
| Yes | 0.50 | (0.22 - 1.16) | Primary/Secondary | 0.44 | (0.16 - 1.26) |
| Jigger infection | Socioeconomic status (SES) | ||||
| No | Ref. | Poorest | Ref. | ||
| Yes | 1.84 | (0.88 - 3.84) | Second | 0.14 | (0.03 - 0.73) |
| Third | 0.22 | (0.04 - 1.08) | |||
| Child age (mo) | Fourth | 0.13 | (0.03 - 0.55) | ||
| 0-5 | Ref. | ||||
| 6-11 | 2.38 | (0.48 - 11.92) | Siblings of preschool age | ||
| 12-23 | 1.89 | (0.47 - 7.62) | 0 or 1 | Ref. | |
| 24-35 | 4.04 | (1.01 - 16.14) | 2 or more | 2.81 | (0.92 - 8.58) |
| 36-47 | 3.16 | (0.85 - 11.79) | |||
| 48-59 | 1.59 | (0.36 - 6.94) | |||
| Socioeconomic status (SES) | |||||
| Poorest | Ref. | ||||
| Second | 0.71 | (0.33 - 1.53) | |||
| Third | 0.80 | (0.35 - 1.85) | |||
| Fourth | 0.33 | (0.13 - 0.85) | |||
Note:
OR, Odds Ratio; 95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval; HFIAS, Household Food Insecurity Access Scale.
For multivariate logistic regression, all variables listed in Table 1 were used and selected by backward stepwise selection with 0.2 of significant level of removal from the model. All the selected variables were used for calculating adjusted odds ratios (adjusted ORs).
For non-severe-food insecure group, 33 children aged less than 12 months were removed from the analysis because only 1 stunting condition was found in these categories.