Table 3.

Unadjusted associations between key household and child characteristics and child underweight, child stunting and household food insecurity

Characteristic†	Stunting	Overweight	High food insecurity
Jerash camp	0.82 (0.46 to 1.44)	2.89 (1.26 to 6.63)*	2.33 (1.4 to 3.87)**
Female child	0.84 (0.51 to 1.36)	1.13 (0.64 to 2.0)	1.09 (0.71 to 1.65)
Level of education, female head of house‡	0.84 (0.51 to 1.37)	0.87 (0.49 to 1.56)	1.31 (0.85 to 2.01)
Primary caregiver age	1.00 (0.97 to 1.02)	0.99 (0.95 to 1.02)	1.0 (0.98 to 1.02)
Child age	0.90 (0.73 to 1.12)	0.78 (0.60 to 1.00)	1.04 (0.87 to 1.25)
Total household size	1.02 (0.91 to 1.13)	0.94 (0.83 to 1.07)	1.08 (0.98 to 1.18)
Chronic illness in the family	1.09 (0.78 to 1.54)	0.78 (0.49 to 1.21)	1.65 (1.06 to 2.56)*
Months received income in last 6 months	1.05 (0.93 to 1.18)	1.01 (0.87 to 1.15)	1.53 (1.36 to 1.72)***
Minimum dietary diversity (>4 food groups/24 hours)	1.16 (0.65 to 2.07)	1.24 (0.63 to 2.48)	–

*P <0.05; **p <0.001; ***p<0.0001.

†All characteristics are presented as crude OR (95% CI).

‡Higher than primary education.