Table 7.

Association of acute/chronic malnutrition and socio-economic characteristics as a result of logistic regression

Association of acute malnutrition (Wasting) and socio-economic characteristics
			95%CI
socio-economic characteristics	B	Exp(B)	Lower limit	Upper limit	P-value
Governorate (Lah)	0.328	0.720	-0.687	0.002	0.054
Sex (Male)	0.470	1.600	0.161	0.797	0.003*
Type pf health facility (Hospital)	0.589	0.555	-0.952	0.239	0.001*
Monthly family income	0.198	0.821	-0.677	0.343	0.444
Residency (Non -resident)	0.109	0.897	-0.510	0.290	0.581
Availability of drinking water	0.284	1.328	-0.600	1.095	0.446
Association of chronic malnutrition (Stunting) and socio-economic characteristics
Governorate (Lahj)	0.080	1.084	-0.196	0.380	0.565
Sex (Male)	0.347	1.414	0.082	0.625	0.010
Type pf health facility (Hospital)	0.632	1.882	0.345	0.947	0.000
Monthly family income	0.349	1.418	-0.090-	0.828	0.123
Residency (Non -resident)	0.333-	1.395	0.009-	0.652	0.040
Availability of drinking water	0.780	2.181	0.067	1.591	0.018

^*Significant at 0.05 significant level