Table 2.
Factors associated with the childhood nutritional disorder in Haor area of Bangladesh.
| Variables | Stunting |
Wasting |
Underweight |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal n (%) | Stunted n (%) | Normal n (%) | Wasted n (%) | Normal n (%) | Under-weighted n (%) | |
| Total ∗∗∗∗ | 250 (62) | 150 (38) | 208 (52) | 192 (48) | 238 (59.5) | 162 (40.5) |
| Gender (W∗) | ||||||
| Boy | 128 (64.0) | 72 (36.0) | 116 (58) | 84 (42) | 128 (64) | 72 (36.0) |
| Girl | 122 (61) | 78 (39.0) | 92 (46) | 108 (54) | 110 (55.0) | 90 (45.0) |
| Age of child in years (S∗∗∗,W∗∗∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| 5–6 | 100 (56.2) | 78 (43.8) | 112 (62.9) | 66 (37.1) | 136 (76.4) | 42 (23.6) |
| 7–8 | 96 (76.2) | 30 (23.8) | 48 (38.1) | 78 (61.9) | 42 (33.3) | 84 (66.7) |
| 9–10 | 54 (56.3) | 42 (43.8) | 48 (50.0) | 48 (50.0) | 60 (62.5) | 36 (37.5) |
|
Age of mothers (in years) (W∗∗∗, U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| 25 or less | 42 (58.3) | 30 (41.7) | 6 (8.3) | 66 (91.7) | 12 (16.7) | 60 (83.3) |
| 26–30 | 148 (60.7) | 96 (39.3) | 154 (63.1) | 90 (36.9) | 166 (68.0) | 78 (32.0) |
| 31 or above | 60 (71.4) | 24 (28.6) | 48 (57.1) | 36 (42.9) | 60 (71.4) | 24 (28.6) |
| Educational qualification of mother (W∗∗∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| No education | 41 (65.1) | 22 (34.9) | 6 (9.5) | 57 (90.5) | 22 (34.9) | 41 (65.1) |
| Primary | 112 (65.5) | 59 (34.5) | 66 (38.6) | 105 (61.4) | 66 (38.6) | 105 (61.4) |
| Secondary | 70 (54.3) | 59 (45.7) | 106 (82.2) | 23 (17.8) | 117 (90.7) | 12 (9.3) |
| Higher Secondary or more | 27 (73.0) | 10 (27.0) | 30 (81.1) | 7 (18.9) | 33 (89.2) | 4 (10.8) |
| Occupation of mother (S∗∗∗,W∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| Housewife | 166 (84.7) | 30 (15.3) | 118 (60.2) | 78 (39.8) | 124 (63.3) | 72 (36.7) |
| Agriculture | 24 (57.1) | 18 (42.9) | 12 (28.6) | 30 (71.4) | 6 (14.3) | 36 (85.7) |
| Business | 36 (46.2) | 42 (53.8) | 12 (15.4) | 66 (84.6) | 36 (46.2) | 42 (53.8) |
| Job | 18 (23.1) | 60 (76.9) | 66 (84.6) | 12 (15.4) | 72 (92.3) | 6 (7.7) |
| Other | 6 (100) | 0.0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) |
| Educational qualification of father (S∗∗∗,W∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| No education | 35 (46.7) | 40 (53.3) | 22 (29.3) | 53 (70.7) | 12 (16) | 63 (84) |
| Primary | 101 (71.1) | 41 (28.9) | 60 (42.3) | 82 (57.7) | 54 (38.0) | 88 (62.0) |
| Secondary | 47 (48.5) | 50 (51.5) | 80 (82.5) | 17 (17.5) | 69 (71.1) | 28 (28.9) |
| Higher Secondary or more | 67 (87.0) | 10 (13.0) | 67 (87.0) | 10 (13.0) | 64 (83.1) | 13 (16.9) |
| Land ownership (S∗, W∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| Only dwelling place | 132 (63.5) | 76 (36.5) | 84 (40.4) | 124 (59.6) | 82 (39.4) | 126 (60.6) |
| Only agricultural land | 6 (26.1) | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) | 17 (73.9) | 18 (78.3) | 5 (21.7) |
| Both | 101 (71.6) | 40 (28.4) | 118 (83.7) | 23 (16.3) | 127 (90.1) | 14 (9.9) |
| Landless | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (100) | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) |
| Total number of children (S∗,W∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| One children | 30 (83.3) | 6 (16.7) | 24 (66.7) | 12 (33.3) | 24 (66.7) | 12 (33.3) |
| Two children | 100 (56.2) | 78 (43.8) | 118 (66.3) | 60 (33.7) | 148 (83.1) | 30 (16.9) |
| Three children or above | 120 (64.5) | 66 (35.5) | 66 (35.5) | 120 (64.5) | 66 (35.5) | 120 (64.5) |
| Age of taking complementary food (S∗∗∗, W∗∗∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| 6 months | 190 (81.9) | 42 (18.1) | 166 (71.6) | 66 (28.4) | 148 (63.8) | 84 (36.2) |
| More than 6 months | 60 (35.7) | 108 (64.3) | 42 (25) | 126 (75) | 90 (53.6) | 78 (46.4) |
|
Meal Frequency (number of times in a day) (W∗∗∗,U∗∗∗) | ||||||
| More than three times | 6 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) | 0 (0.0) |
| Three times | 184 (63.0) | 108 (37.0) | 190 (65.1) | 102 (34.9) | 214 (73.3) | 78 (26.7) |
| Two times | 60 (58.8) | 42 (41.2) | 12 (11.8) | 90 (88.2) | 18 (17.6) | 84 (82.4) |
∗∗∗∗Row percentage, remaining estimates in the table are column percentages.
∗indicates P < 0.05. ∗∗∗indicates P < 0.001.
‘S’ indicates P value of stunting and independent variables, ‘W’ indicates P value of wasting and independent variables and ‘U’ indicates P value of underweight and independent variables.