1. Association between child malnutrition and socio-demographic variable [n (%)] .
| Characteristics | Total | Stunting | P | Underweight | P | Total* | Wasting | P | Undernutrition | P |
| The value of overweight children was not included; bold font presents P<0.05. | ||||||||||
| Child's age (months) | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 0–12 | 214 (26.75) | 34 (15.89) | 19 (8.88) | 211 (26.91) | 11 (5.24) | 46 (21.80) | ||||
| 13–24 | 157 (19.63) | 26 (16.56) | 14 (8.92) | 156 (19.90) | 13 (8.33) | 39 (25.00) | ||||
| 25–36 | 150 (18.75) | 28 (18.67) | 25 (16.67) | 148 (18.88) | 20 (13.51) | 51 (34.46) | ||||
| 37–48 | 172 (21.50) | 18 (10.47) | 21 (12.21) | 169 (21.56) | 22 (13.10) | 40 (23.67) | ||||
| 49–59 | 107 (13.38) | 2 (1.87) | 7 (6.54) | 100 (12.76) | 9 (9.09) | 11 (11.00) | ||||
| Gender | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.01 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Boys | 401 (50.13) | 69 (17.20) | 55 (13.72) | 395 (49.38) | 48 (12.21) | 119 (30.13) | ||||
| Girls | 399 (49.88) | 39 (9.77) | 31 (7.77) | 389 (48.63) | 27 (6.96) | 68 (17.48) | ||||
| Maternal age at childbirth (years) | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.90 | 0.18 | ||||||
| ≤35 | 686 (85.75) | 100 (14.58) | 70 (10.2) | 673 (84.13) | 64 (9.55) | 166 (24.67) | ||||
| >35 | 114 (14.25) | 8 (7.02) | 16 (14.04) | 111 (13.88) | 11 (9.91) | 21 (18.92) | ||||
| Mother's education | 0.77 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.04 | ||||||
| Illiteracy | 9 (1.13) | 2 (22.22) | 4 (44.44) | 9 (1.13) | 3 (37.50) | 6 (66.67) | ||||
| Primary | 116 (14.50) | 18 (15.52) | 15 (12.93) | 114 (14.25) | 13 (11.40) | 31 (27.19) | ||||
| Secondary | 516 (64.50) | 67 (12.98) | 50 (9.69) | 507 (63.38) | 45 (8.91) | 113 (22.29) | ||||
| College | 138 (17.25) | 21 (13.21) | 17 (10.69) | 154 (19.25) | 14 (9.09) | 37 (24.03) | ||||