Table 1. Percent distribution of child malnutrition according to wasting by background characteristics.
| Background characteristics | Percent | Weight-for-Height (Wasted) in % | p-value of Chi-square | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z-score <-3 SD | Z-score <-2 SD | ||||
| Child’s sex | Male | 52.16 | 0.82 | 7.96 | 0.020 |
| Female | 47.84 | 0.45 | 6.68 | ||
| Age of the child | ≤6 months | 13.14 | 0.38 | 1.82 | <0.001 |
| 7 months-12 months | 9.94 | 0.50 | 4.08 | ||
| 13–24 months | 18.45 | 1.20 | 12.02 | ||
| 25–36 months | 19.87 | 0.97 | 8.06 | ||
| 37–48 months | 19.16 | 0.54 | 7.65 | ||
| 49–59 months | 19.44 | 0.20 | 7.39 | ||
| Birth order | 1st | 38.31 | 0.60 | 7.34 | 0.137 |
| 2nd-3rd | 49.22 | 0.54 | 7.35 | ||
| 4th or higher | 12.46 | 1.13 | 7.16 | ||
| Duration of breastfeeding | Never breastfeed | 41.28 | 0.34 | 7.42 | <0.001 |
| < = 12 months | 2.05 | 0.61 | 7.93 | ||
| 13 or more | 6.97 | 0.95 | 6.27 | ||
| Still breastfeeding | 49.70 | 0.85 | 7.40 | ||
| Mother’s age | Up to 18 years | 7.23 | 1.73 | 9.67 | 0.008 |
| 19–24 | 40.24 | 0.44 | 6.86 | ||
| 25–34 | 44.68 | 0.51 | 7.40 | ||
| 35+ | 7.86 | 1.17 | 7.05 | ||
| Mother’s BMI | Underweight (<18.5) | 13.60 | 1.00 | 12.68 | <0.001 |
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 59.21 | 0.67 | 6.94 | ||
| Overweight (> = 25) | 27.18 | 0.34 | 5.41 | ||
| Mother’s Education level | No Education | 7.15 | 1.06 | 9.73 | 0.056 |
| Primary | 28.40 | 0.88 | 7.74 | ||
| Secondary and above | 64.45 | 0.47 | 6.89 | ||
| Father’s Education level | No Education | 14.85 | 0.61 | 8.74 | 0.002 |
| Primary | 34.29 | 0.75 | 7.31 | ||
| Secondary and above | 50.86 | 0.48 | 6.90 | ||
| Type of place of residence | Rural | 73.04 | 0.60 | 7.38 | 0.020 |
| Urban | 26.96 | 0.72 | 7.24 | ||
| Religion | Muslim | 91.96 | 0.65 | 7.43 | 0.291 |
| Non-Muslim | 8.04 | 0.62 | 6.46 | ||
| Place of delivery | With Health Facility | 49.91 | 0.58 | 6.55 | 0.153 |
| Respondent’s Home | 50.09 | 1.02 | 7.88 | ||
| Number of ANC visits | None | 13.13 | 0.82 | 7.04 | 0.005 |
| 1–3 | 44.66 | 0.86 | 7.54 | ||
| 4–7 | 16.18 | 0.76 | 6.91 | ||
| 8 or more | 6.03 | 1.09 | 8.70 | ||
| Had diarrhea recently | No | 95.26 | 0.65 | 7.22 | 0.159 |
| Yes | 4.74 | 0.27 | 9.55 | ||
| Had fever in last two weeks | No | 66.79 | 0.54 | 6.24 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 33.21 | 0.83 | 9.48 | ||
| Had cough in last two weeks | No | 64.01 | 0.56 | 6.80 | 0.049 |
| Yes | 35.99 | 0.76 | 8.28 | ||
| Received BCG | No | 6.92 | 0.61 | 2.75 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 93.08 | 0.83 | 7.58 | ||
| Received Vitamin A | No | 30.04 | 0.61 | 5.04 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 69.96 | 0.88 | 8.19 | ||
| Wealth index | Poorest | 21.44 | 0.87 | 8.44 | <0.001 |
| Poorer | 20.33 | 0.43 | 7.38 | ||
| Middle | 18.86 | 0.93 | 7.15 | ||
| Richer | 19.88 | 0.51 | 7.92 | ||
| Richest | 19.48 | 0.41 | 5.54 | ||
| Total | 0.64 | 7.98 | |||