Table 2.
Percentage distribution of nutritional status of children by different characteristics (Yemen 2013).
| Stunting | Wasting | Underweight | Sample n | ||||
| Characteristics | n (%) | χ2 | n (%) | χ2 | n (%) | χ2 | |
| Region | |||||||
| Coastal | 790 (36.46) | 232.14∗∗∗ | 456 (21.04) | 49.48∗∗∗ | 847 (39.09) | 86.33∗∗∗ | 2167 |
| Mountainous | 4632 (50.58) | 1362 (14.87) | 3624 (39.57) | 9158 | |||
| Plateau | 850 (36.97) | 372 (16.18) | 671 (29.19) | 2299 | |||
| Place of residence | |||||||
| Urban | 1058 (33.85) | 242.71∗∗∗ | 484 (15.48) | 1.05 | 900 (28.79) | 138.34 | 3126 |
| Rural | 5214 (49.67) | 1706 (16.25) | 4242 (40.41) | 10,498 | |||
| Age (Month) | |||||||
| 0–5 | 285 (20.01) | 849.68∗∗∗ | 309 (21.70) | 166.39∗∗∗ | 349 (24.51) | 238.02∗∗∗ | 1424 |
| 6–11 | 386 (28.05) | 330 (23.98) | 454 (32.99) | 1376 | |||
| 12–23 | 1165 (42.13) | 507 (18.34) | 937 (33.89) | 2765 | |||
| 24–35 | 1485 (54.54) | 347 (12.74) | 1047 (38.45) | 2723 | |||
| 36–47 | 1490 (56.23) | 355 (13.40) | 1120 (42.26) | 2650 | |||
| 48–59 | 1461 (54.39) | 342 (12.73) | 1235 (45.98) | 2686 | |||
| Sex of child | |||||||
| Male | 3248 (46.97) | 4.93∗ | 1214 (17.56) | 22.84∗∗∗ | 2659 (38.45) | 3.01 | 6915 |
| Female | 3024 (45.07) | 976 (14.55) | 2483 (37.01) | 6709 | |||
| Had Fever | |||||||
| Yes | 4252 (46.04) | 0.02 | 1365 (14.78) | 35.96∗∗∗ | 3354 (36.32) | 25.95∗∗∗ | 9235 |
| No | 2008 (46.17) | 819 (18.83) | 1777 (40.86) | 4349 | |||
| Had diarrhea recently | |||||||
| Yes | 4234 (45.55) | 3.38 | 1371 (14.75) | 38.21∗∗∗ | 3376 (36.32) | 26.74∗∗∗ | 9296 |
| No | 2020 (47.24) | 810 (18.94) | 1751 (40.95) | 4276 | |||
| Age of mother | |||||||
| <20 | 175 (34.65) | 32.14∗∗∗ | 82 (16.24) | 2.37 | 161 (31.88) | 11.06∗∗ | 505 |
| 20–29 years | 3250 (45.60) | 1113 (15.62) | 2655 (37.25) | 7127 | |||
| >30 | 2847 (47.51) | 995 (16.61) | 2326 (38.82) | 5992 | |||
| Mother's education level | |||||||
| Literate or low | 4004 (52.86) | 350.99∗∗∗ | 1297 (17.12) | 14.10∗∗ | 3277 (43.26) | 231.51∗∗∗ | 7575 |
| Primary | 486 (41.64) | 172 (14.73) | 381 (32.62) | 1168 | |||
| Preparatory | 1261 (38.86) | 485 (14.95) | 1033 (31.83) | 3245 | |||
| Secondary and above | 521 (31.85) | 236 (14.43) | 451 (27.57) | 1636 | |||
| Wealth Index | |||||||
| Low | 3457 (57.07) | 686.20∗∗∗ | 1086 (17.93) | 28.21∗∗∗ | 2863 (47.27) | 525.90∗∗∗ | 6057 |
| Medium | 1344 (46.11) | 435 (14.92) | 1088 (37.32) | 2915 | |||
| High | 1471 (31.62) | 669 (14.38) | 1191 (25.60) | 4652 | |||
| Number of prenatal visits | |||||||
| 0 | 1814 (50.83) | 400.81∗∗∗ | 1083 (20.34) | 306.11∗∗∗ | 1534 (42.98) | 211.50∗∗∗ | 3569 |
| 0–3 times | 1238 (38.75) | 518 (16.21) | 1058 (33.11) | 3195 | |||
| 4+ | 679 (30.91) | 345 (15.70) | 583 (26.54) | 2197 | |||