Table 4.

Predictors of practice of nutrition interventions—fully adjusted models with PSU fixed effects (coefficients represent marginal effects, weighted)

	Early breast feeding	Dietary diversity	Full vaccination	Iodine supplement	Vitamin A supplement	Iron supplement	Deworming	Clean cooking fuel	Improved sanitation	Improved water
Child- level characteristics
Child is male	−0.008* (0.005)	−0.005 (0.003)	−0.000 (0.002)	−0.001 (0.003)	0.000 (0.004)	−0.001 (0.003)	−0.000 (0.004)	0.001 (0.001)	−0.001 (0.002)	0.001 (0.002)
Child’s age in months	0.000 (0.000)	0.002*** (0.000)	−0.004*** (0.000)	−0.000 (0.000)	0.003*** (0.000)	0.000*** (0.000)	0.005*** (0.000)	0.000 (0.000)	−0.000 (0.000)	0.000 (0.000)
Fever within past 2 weeks	−0.030*** (0.006)	0.009** (0.005)	0.007*** (0.003)	−0.003 (0.004)	0.046*** (0.005)	0.037*** (0.004)	0.057*** (0.006)	−0.001 (0.002)	−0.005* (0.003)	−0.003 (0.004)
Diarrhoea within past 2 weeks	−0.033*** (0.007)	0.018*** (0.005)	0.001 (0.003)	0.004 (0.005)	0.044*** (0.006)	0.022*** (0.005)	0.061*** (0.007)	0.002 (0.002)	0.002 (0.003)	−0.004 (0.004)
Child is second born	0.059*** (0.007)	0.005 (0.004)	−0.003 (0.004)	−0.006 (0.006)	0.014** (0.006)	0.009** (0.004)	0.010* (0.006)	0.000 (0.002)	−0.004 (0.003)	0.002 (0.004)
Child is third born	0.060*** (0.009)	0.013** (0.006)	−0.010** (0.004)	0.002 (0.007)	0.021*** (0.007)	0.012** (0.005)	0.013* (0.007)	0.001 (0.003)	−0.007* (0.004)	−0.001 (0.005)
Child is fourth born or above	0.069*** (0.010)	0.018** (0.008)	−0.012*** (0.005)	0.001 (0.009)	0.027*** (0.008)	0.010 (0.007)	0.019** (0.009)	−0.000 (0.004)	−0.007 (0.005)	−0.015** (0.006)
Maternal characteristics
Low maternal BMI	−0.010 (0.009)	0.014* (0.007)	−0.003 (0.003)	0.004 (0.006)	0.001 (0.007)	0.008 (0.006)	−0.002 (0.007)	−0.004 (0.002)	0.000 (0.004)	0.002 (0.006)
Mother’s age	−0.001 (0.001)	−0.001 (0.000)	−0.000 (0.000)	0.001* (0.001)	0.000 (0.001)	−0.001 (0.000)	0.000 (0.001)	−0.001*** (0.000)	0.000 (0.000)	0.001** (0.000)
Mother’s age at first birth	0.001 (0.001)	0.001 (0.001)	0.001*** (0.000)	−0.001 (0.001)	0.003*** (0.001)	0.001 (0.001)	0.002** (0.001)	0.002*** (0.000)	0.001 (0.001)	−0.001** (0.001)
Mother has primary/incompletet secondary education	0.008 (0.009)	0.024*** (0.007)	0.017*** (0.004)	0.009 (0.008)	0.049*** (0.008)	0.027*** (0.005)	0.032*** (0.009)	0.016*** (0.003)	0.011** (0.005)	−0.002 (0.006)
Mother has secondary or higher education	0.017 (0.013)	0.066*** (0.012)	0.048*** (0.007)	0.025** (0.011)	0.096*** (0.012)	0.040*** (0.008)	0.070*** (0.011)	0.063*** (0.010)	0.045*** (0.008)	−0.010 (0.009)
Household characteristics
Second wealth quintile	0.025** (0.010)	0.003 (0.007)	0.003 (0.004)	0.007 (0.008)	−0.003 (0.009)	0.002 (0.005)	−0.004 (0.007)	0.000 (0.001)	0.067*** (0.005)	0.053*** (0.007)
Third wealth quintile	0.024** (0.010)	0.005 (0.007)	0.012** (0.005)	0.011 (0.009)	0.021** (0.009)	0.017** (0.008)	0.012 (0.009)	0.004* (0.002)	0.110*** (0.006)	0.092*** (0.008)
Fourth wealth quintile	0.043*** (0.011)	0.030*** (0.009)	0.020*** (0.005)	0.012 (0.011)	0.051*** (0.010)	0.016** (0.008)	0.022** (0.010)	0.013*** (0.004)	0.184*** (0.007)	0.149*** (0.010)
Fifth wealth quintile	0.063*** (0.013)	0.063*** (0.011)	0.029*** (0.006)	0.023* (0.013)	0.088*** (0.011)	0.037*** (0.009)	0.048*** (0.012)	0.064*** (0.007)	0.304*** (0.011)	0.196*** (0.011)
Female household head	−0.003 (0.011)	−0.003 (0.010)	−0.010*** (0.004)	−0.008 (0.009)	−0.001 (0.008)	0.011 (0.008)	0.001 (0.009)	0.002 (0.003)	0.010* (0.006)	0.027*** (0.006)
Number of children in the household	0.006*** (0.002)	−0.009*** (0.001)	0.000 (0.001)	0.009*** (0.002)	−0.004* (0.002)	−0.004** (0.002)	−0.008*** (0.002)	−0.001 (0.001)	0.003** (0.001)	0.006*** (0.002)
Christian (reference Muslim)	0.001 (0.009)	0.013** (0.006)	0.007 (0.005)	−0.001 (0.009)	0.021** (0.011)	0.020*** (0.007)	0.026*** (0.008)	0.014** (0.006)	−0.004 (0.005)	0.001 (0.006)
Traditional religion	−0.007 (0.014)	0.007 (0.007)	−0.018*** (0.006)	0.007 (0.016)	−0.002 (0.014)	0.000 (0.015)	−0.006 (0.016)	−0.001 (0.007)	−0.011 (0.008)	−0.010 (0.010)
Religion unknown or other	−0.017 (0.018)	−0.001 (0.011)	−0.029*** (0.009)	0.012 (0.021)	0.013 (0.016)	0.013 (0.014)	−0.006 (0.021)	0.009 (0.006)	−0.016 (0.012)	−0.024 (0.016)
Number of observations	209 822	169 614	272 238	116 325	216 664	125 972	129 082	201 519	272 238	272 238

Note: SEs are shown in parentheses. ***, ** and * indicate statistical significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% level.

BMI, body mass index.