Table 2.
Posterior estimates of stunting, wasting and their correlation with 95 % credible intervals
| μ (Stunting) | μ (Wasting) | ρ (correlation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posterior estimates | Posterior estimates | Posterior estimates | ||||
| Mean | 95 % CrI | Mean | 95 % CrI | Mean | 95 % CrI | |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Rural | 0⋅019 | (−0⋅047, 0⋅083) | −0⋅057 | (−0⋅145, 0⋅028) | −0⋅1 | (−0⋅305, 0⋅069) |
| Household wealth | ||||||
| Poorest (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Poorer | 0⋅079 | (−0⋅041, 0⋅2) | −0⋅057 | (−0⋅23, 0⋅107) | −0⋅473* | (−0⋅911, −0⋅138) |
| Middle | −0⋅047 | (−0⋅166, 0⋅081) | −0⋅043 | (−0⋅212, 0⋅112) | −0⋅112 | (−0⋅462, 0⋅218) |
| Richer | −0⋅023 | (−0⋅153, 0⋅101) | 0⋅131 | (−0⋅033, 0⋅299) | 0⋅262 | (−0⋅084, 0⋅701) |
| Richest | −0⋅3* | (−0⋅485, −0⋅115) | −0⋅072 | (−0⋅325, 0⋅172) | 0⋅539 | (−0⋅038, 1⋅148) |
| Size of household members | ||||||
| >5 (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| ≤5 | −0⋅02 | (−0⋅081, 0⋅042) | −0⋅046 | (−0⋅132, 0⋅037) | 0⋅152 | (−0⋅033, 0⋅342) |
| Household food insecurity | ||||||
| Food secure (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Mildly food insecure | −0⋅06 | (−0⋅177, 0⋅064) | 0⋅01 | (−0⋅139, 0⋅159) | −0⋅181 | (−0⋅535, 0⋅12) |
| Moderately food insecure | 0⋅07 | (−0⋅036, 0⋅172) | −0⋅079 | (−0⋅216, 0⋅071) | −0⋅076 | (−0⋅373, 0⋅236) |
| Severely food insecure | 0⋅061 | (−0⋅088, 0⋅21) | 0⋅099 | (−0⋅106, 0⋅278) | 0⋅869* | (0⋅42, 1⋅463) |
| Toilet facility | ||||||
| Unimproved (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Improved | −0⋅137* | (−0⋅216, −0⋅061) | −0⋅069 | (−0⋅17, 0⋅037) | 0⋅016 | (−0⋅186,0⋅232) |
| Educational status of mother | ||||||
| No education (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Primary | −0⋅039 | (−0⋅164, 0⋅08) | −0⋅047 | (−0⋅213, 0⋅116) | −0⋅384* | (−0⋅767, −0⋅036) |
| Secondary | 0⋅038 | (−0⋅067, 0⋅14) | 0⋅017 | (−0⋅13, 0⋅162) | 0⋅182 | (−0⋅137, 0⋅501) |
| Higher | −0⋅083 | (−0⋅236, 0⋅063) | −0⋅147 | (−0⋅357, 0⋅063) | 0⋅17 | (−0⋅258, 0⋅635) |
| Mother's BMI | ||||||
| Normal (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Underweight | 0⋅15* | (0⋅021, 0⋅282) | 0⋅191* | (0⋅025, 0⋅366) | 0⋅02 | (−0⋅377, 0⋅442) |
| Overweight | −0⋅124* | (−0⋅247, −0⋅004) | −0⋅072 | (−0⋅249, 0⋅101) | 0⋅051 | (−0⋅379, 0⋅506) |
| Obese | −0⋅096 | (−0⋅285, 0⋅089) | −0⋅194 | (−0⋅522, 0⋅086) | −0⋅158 | (−0⋅968, 0⋅649) |
| Size at birth | ||||||
| Large (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Average | −0⋅063 | (−0⋅145, 0⋅022) | 0⋅025 | (−0⋅094, 0⋅148) | −0⋅095 | (−0⋅337, 0⋅13) |
| Small | 0⋅259* | (0⋅149, 0⋅366) | 0⋅123 | (−0⋅032, 0⋅274) | −0⋅317* | (−0⋅606, −0⋅045) |
| Birth order | ||||||
| First (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Second or third | 0⋅012 | (−0⋅071, 0⋅098) | −0⋅065 | (−0⋅187, 0⋅049) | 0⋅11 | (−0⋅117, 0⋅369) |
| Greater than third | 0⋅168* | (0⋅026, 0⋅306) | 0⋅011 | (−0⋅181, 0⋅197) | 0⋅294 | (−0⋅057, 0⋅686) |
| Fever in 2 weeks preceding the survey | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Yes | 0⋅19* | (0⋅012, 0⋅365) | 0⋅082 | (−0⋅159, 0⋅303) | −0⋅029 | (−0⋅485, 0⋅392) |
| Cough in 2 weeks preceding the survey | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Yes | −0⋅124 | (−0⋅298, 0⋅048) | 0⋅106 | (−0⋅111, 0⋅333) | −0⋅037 | (−0⋅489, 0⋅421) |
| Currently breastfeeding | ||||||
| No (ref.) | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | 0⋅000 | |||
| Yes | 0⋅021 | (−0⋅065, 0⋅107) | 0⋅191* | (0⋅072, 0⋅313) | 0⋅148 | (−0⋅093, 0⋅41) |
| Constant | −0⋅284* | (−0⋅438, −0⋅115) | −1⋅576* | (−1⋅817, −1⋅37) | 0⋅414 | (−0⋅063, 0⋅884) |
Crl, credible interval, ref., reference.
*Significant at less than 0.05 level of significance.