Table 4. Identifying the Discrimination Subtypes of the CIAF Among Children Aged 6–59 Months, Using a Two-Group CFA .

A: Comparison Between GDHS and GMICS
Configuration			Frequencies				Significance Tests	Discrimination Type
			GDHS		GMICS
Stunting	Wasting	Underweight	Observed	Expected	Observed	Expected	P Value
Yes	Yes	Yes	40	50.4	164	153.6	.015
Yes	Yes	No	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.000
Yes	No	Yes	188	217.5	693	663.5	.002	True
Yes	No	No	415	359.7	1042	1097.3	.000	True
No	Yes	Yes	74	62.5	179	190.5	.014
No	Yes	No	74	44.4	106	135.6	.000	True
No	No	Yes	18	33.1	116	100.9	.001	True
No	No	No	1332	1373.5	4232	4190.5	.002	True
B: Comparison Between GSPS and GDHS
Configuration			Frequencies				Significance Tests	Discrimination Type
			GSPS		GDHS
Stunting	Wasting	Underweight	Observed	Expected	Observed	Expected	P Value
Yes	Yes	Yes	103	61.3	40	81.7	.000	True
Yes	Yes	No	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.000
Yes	No	Yes	135	138.5	188	184.5	.043
Yes	No	No	332	320.4	415	426.6	.021
No	Yes	Yes	148	95.2	74	126.8	.000	True
No	Yes	No	61	57.9	74	77.1	.060
No	No	Yes	14	13.7	18	18.3	.141
No	No	No	815	920.9	1332	1226.1	.000	True
C: Comparison between GSPS and GMICS
Configuration			Frequencies				Significance Tests	Discrimination Type
			GSPS		GMICS
Stunting	Wasting	Underweight	Observed	Expected	Observed	Expected	P Value a
Yes	Yes	Yes	103	52.7	164	214.3	.000	True
Yes	Yes	No	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.000
Yes	No	Yes	135	163.6	693	664.4	.001	True
Yes	No	No	332	271.4	1042	1102.6	.000	True
No	Yes	Yes	148	64.6	179	262.4	.000	True
No	Yes	No	61	33.0	106	134.0	.000	True
No	No	Yes	14	25.7	116	104.3	.002	True
No	No	No	815	997.0	4232	4050.0	.000	True

Abbreviations: GMICS, Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey; GDHS, Ghana Demographic Health Survey; GSPS, Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey; CIAF, composite index of anthropometric failure; CFA, configural frequency analysis.

^a P values were based on Fisher exact test.