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. 2017 Jul 19;18:32. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4576-1

Table 3.

Logistic regression results, full sample

Number of obs (n): 6101
Number of children: 3427
Stunting Wasting
Coef.
(std. error)
Odds Ratio
(95% C.I.)
Coef.
(std error)
Odds Ratio
(95% C.I.)
SBS 0.007*
(0.002)
1.007
(1.002, 1.011)
0.011*
(0.005)
1.011
(1.001, 1.021)
Food insecurity 0.152
(0.098)
1.165
(0.960, 1.412)
0.332
(0.198)
1.393
(0.944, 2.056)
Spending −0.005*
(0.002)
0.995
(0.991, 0.998)
−0.001
(0.002)
0.999
(0.995, 1.004)
Household head −0.075
(0.159)
0.928
(0.680, 1.266)
−0.151
(0.302)
0.860
(0.476, 1.553)
Average age −0.008
(0.008)
0.992
(0.977, 1.007)
−0.010
(0.017)
0.990
(0.958, 1.023)
Household occupants −0.029
(0.023)
0.971
(0.928, 1.016)
−0.048
(0.041)
0.953
(0.879, 1.034)
Percent female 0.000
(0.003)
1.000
(0.995, 1.005)
0.001
(0.005)
1.001
(0.991, 1.012)
Urban −0.709*
(0.169)
0.492
(0.354, 0.685)
−0.329
(0.306)
0.720
(0.395, 1.312)
Father present 0.205
(0.152)
1.227
(0.911, 1.653)
0.223
(0.308)
1.250
(0.684, 2.287)
Mother present −0.325*
(0.162)
0.723
(0.526, 0.992)
0.179
(0.340)
1.196
(0.615, 2.327)
Household head educated 0.009
(0.104)
1.009
(0.823, 1.238)
−0.402*
(0.205)
0.669
(0.447, 1.000)
Male 0.404*
(0.098)
1.498
(1.237, 1.815)
0.445*
(0.184)
1.560
(1.087, 2.240)
Region Indicators x x
Year Indicators x x
Log pseudolikelihood −3053.290 −807.927
Wald X2 = 88.13 56.79
Prob > X2 = 0.000 0.000

*indicates p < 0.05. Heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors are clustered at the person-level. OR = ecoef = ratio of the odds of stunting/wasting after a unit increase in the corresponding covariate to the odds before the increase