Table 3.

Determinant factors of childhood nutritional disorders in Haor area of Bangladesh.

Variables	Stunted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence interval)	Wasted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence interval)	Underweight Odds Ratio (95% Confidence interval)
Age of children
5–6	[Ref]	[Ref]	[Ref]
7–8	0.793 (0.402–1.565)	3.304 (1.578–6.920)∗∗∗	2.818 (1.447–5.487)∗∗∗
9–10	2.620 (1.204–5.699)∗	3.181 (1.526–6.631)∗∗∗	1.991 (0.940–4.219)
Education of father
No education	[Ref]	[Ref]
Primary	0.273 (0.109–0.680)∗∗∗	0.132 (0.050–0.350)∗∗∗
Secondary	5.303 (1.927–14.591)∗∗∗	0.021 (0.007–0.063)∗∗∗
Higher secondary or above	0.855 (0.237–3.080)	0.028 (0.008–0.101)∗∗∗
Education of mother
No education			[Ref]
Primary			1.701 (0.804–3.597)∗∗∗
Secondary			0.196 (0.072–0.536)∗∗∗
Higher secondary or above			0.264 (0.064–1.091)
Number of children
One children	[Ref]		[Ref]
Two children	8.505 (2.311–31.306)∗∗∗		0.198 (0.070–0.564)∗∗∗
Three children or above	6.330 (1.604–24.973)∗∗∗		1.106 (0.390–3.133)
Age of taking complementary food
More than 6 months	[Ref]	[Ref]	[Ref]
6 months	0.096 (0.050–0.185)∗∗∗	0.071 (0.037–0.136)∗∗∗	0.527 (0.276–1.006)∗
Land ownership of family
Landless	[Ref]		[Ref]
Only dwelling place	1.559 (0.534–4.554)		2.15 (0.75–6.16)
Only agricultural land	8.038 (1.726–37.429)∗∗∗		0.105 (0.025–0.444)∗∗∗
Both	0.258 (0.074–0.892)∗∗∗		0.555 (0.159–1.938)

∗indicates P < 0.05; ∗∗∗indicates P < 0.01.