Table 5.

Bivariate analysis of association of acute malnutrition and socio-economic characteristics

Item		Acute malnutrition	Well nourished	Total	Prevalence of acute malnutrition	X2	P-value
Governorate	Lahj Abyan	111 91	363 386	474 477	23.4% 19.1%	0.27	0.113†
Sex	Male Female	116 86	344 405	460 491	25.2% 17.5%	8.42	0.004†*
Type of the Health facility	Hospital PHC centers	137 65	415 334	552 399	24.8% 16.3%	10	0.002†*
Residency	Resident	150	563	713	21%	0.07*	0.784
	Non-resident	52	186	238	21.8%
Monthly family income	Enough	26	87	113	23%	0.24	0.625
	Not enough	176	662	838	21%
Availability of drinking water in the house	available	193	716	909	21.2%	1*	0.551
	Not available	9	33	42	21.4%

^†Fischer exact test

^*Significant, P-value < 0.05