Table 4 Child weight gain in the post and pre harvest seasons over a 2-year follow up period in Southwest Ethiopia, 2014–15
From: Seasonality and determinants of child growth velocity and growth deficit in rural southwest Ethiopia
| Â | Model 1 post-harvest | Model 2 pre-harvest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fixed effects | Estimate (95% CI) | SE | Estimate (95% CI) | SE |
Intercept | 6.99 (6.65, 7.33)** | 0.170 | 7.24 (6.88, 7.61)** | 0.19 |
Seasons of child birth | ||||
 Autumn (Ref) |  |  |  |  |
 Spring | −0.02 (−0.31, 0.29) | 0.15 | 0.01 (− 0.31, 0.32) | 0.16 |
 Summer | −0.35 (−0.64, −0.06)* | 0.15 | − 0.25 (− 0.56, 0.05) | 0.16 |
 Winter | −0.19 (−0.51, 0.14) | 0.17 | −0.11, (− 0.45, 0.23) | 0.18 |
Age of the child (months) | 0.13 (0.13, 0.14)** | 0.003 | 0.14 (0.13, 0.14)** | 0.003 |
Sex of the child | ||||
 Female (ref) |  |  |  |  |
 Male | 0.44 (0.24, 0.65)** | 0.11 | 0.43 (0.22, 0.65)** | 0.11 |
Any illness in the past 2 weeks | ||||
 Yes (ref) |  |  |  |  |
 No | 0.20 (0.04, 0.37)* | 0.09 | 0.19 (0.02, 0.35)* | 0.08 |
Child dietary diversity | ||||
 High (ref) |  |  |  |  |
 Medium | −0.15 (−0.33, 0.03) | 0.09 | −0.13 (−0.29, 0.04) | 0.08 |
 Low | −0.30 (−0.50, −0.11)** | 0.10 | − 0.39 (−0.58, −0.21)** | 0.09 |
Household food insecurity | ||||
 Food secure (ref) |  |  |  |  |
 Moderately food insecure | 0.06 (−0.12, 0.25) | 0.09 | −0.15 (− 0.33, 0.02) | 0.09 |
 Severely food insecure | −0.08 (− 0.28, 0.12) | 0.10 | − 0.23 (−0.43, −0.03)* | 0.10 |
Random-effects | ||||
 Variance of Random Intercept | 1.28 (1.18, 1.37) | 0.05 | 1.39 (1.30, 1.48) | 0.05 |
 Variance of measurement errors (residuals) | 0.91 (0.86, 0.97) | 0.03 | 0.87 (0.83, 0.92) | 0.03 |