Table 3.
Multinomial logistic regression analysis for associations between household malnutrition (non-overweight mother/stunted child, overweight mother/non-stunted child, overweight mother/stunted child (SCOM)) and socioeconomic determinants compared with non-overweight mothers and non-stunted children, n=39 374
| Non-overweight mother/stunted child | Overweight mother/non-stunted child | SCOM | |
| Adjusted RRR (95% CI) | Adjusted RRR (95% CI) | Adjusted RRR (95% CI) | |
| Maternal education level | |||
| No education/incomplete primary | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Primary/incomplete secondary | 0.60 (0.55 to 0.66)* | 0.94 (0.85 to 1.04) | 0.62 (0.53 to 0.72)* |
| Secondary | 0.45 (0.36 to 0.56)* | 0.79 (0.65 to 0.96)* | 0.37 (0.32 to 0.43)* |
| Higher | 0.39 (0.27 to 0.56)* | 0.64 (0.54 to 0.75)* | 0.33 (0.24 to 0.4)* |
| Wealth index | |||
| Poorest | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Poorer | 0.65 (0.59 to 0.72)* | 1.40 (1.17 to 1.69)* | 0.92 (0.83 to 1.01) |
| Middle | 0.43 (0.37 to 0.51)* | 1.79 (1.28 to 2.51)* | 0.80 (0.69 to 0.92)* |
| Richer | 0.33 (0.25 to 0.45)* | 2.15 (1.45 to 3.20)* | 0.62 (0.48 to 0.79)* |
| Richest | 0.16 (0.09 to 0.27)* | 2.08 (1.41 to 3.07)* | 0.42 (0.33 to 0.53)* |
| Location of residency | |||
| Urban | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Rural | 1.16 (1.03 to 1.30)* | 0.96 (0.86 to 1.07) | 0.81 (0.70 to 0.93)* |
| Mother working in last 12 months | |||
| No | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Yes | 1.12 (1.03 to 1.22)* | 1.13 (1.05 to 1.22)* | 1.14 (1.01 to 1.28)* |
*Statistically significant (p<0.05).
The model is adjusted for mean age of the mother’s children, percentage of girls of the mother’s children, mother’s age, number of children <5 years living in households, whether husband is living at home and country fixed-effects.
RRR, relative risk ratio.