Table 3.

Maternal characteristics associated with having a malnourished child in Maryland County, Liberia: multivariate logistic regression model

Characteristic	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P value
Age (>25 years)	1.87	0.61 to 5.71	0.270
Marital status (married/domestic partnership)	8.41	2.46 to 28.82	<0.001
Education level (junior high level or above)	0.56	0.18 to 1.74	0.317
Income (>US$50 per month)	0.14	0.05 to 0.45	<0.001
Literate	0.21	0.06 to 0.68	0.009
Exclusive breast feeding (first 6 months of child’s life)	0.18	0.03 to 0.99	0.049
Clinical site (J J Dossen Hospital)	2.39	0.77 to 7.42	0.13