Multiple anthropometric and nutritional deficiencies in young children in Ethiopia: a multi-level analysis based on a nationally representative data

Table 3 Unadjusted mixed-effects Poisson regression for the predictors of multiple nutritional deficiencies, Ethiopia

Characteristics^a	RR (95 % CI)	p-values
Sex of the child
Male
Female	0.926 (0.891-0.963)	<0.001
Child’s age
0-23 months
24-35 months	1.001 (0.951-1.055)	0.960
36-59 months	0.769 (0.737-0.804)	<0.001
Child’s birth order
First
Second and above	0.703 (0.668-0.741)	<0.001
Age of mother
15-24
25-34	0.762 (0.724-0.802)	<0.001
35+	0.863 (0.812-0.916)	<0.001
Education of mother
No education
Primary level	1.037 (0.984-1.094)	0.174
Secondary and above	0.916 (0.833-1.007)	0.069
Education of father
No education
Primary level	0.923 (0.878-0.970)	0.002
Secondary and above	0.993 (0.925-1.066)	0.853
Religion
Orthodox
Others	0.864 (0.798-0.935)	<0.001
Intimate partners violence/IPV
Yes
No	1.005 (0.956-1.057)	0.835
Wealth index
Poorer/poorest
Middle	0.915 (0.856-0.978)	0.009
Richer/richest	0.824 (0.772-0.879)	<0.001
Parity
0-3
4-6	0.736 (0.702-0.771)	<0.001
6+	0.674 (0.638 -0.713)	<0.001
Breast feeding
Never
Breast feed	0.703 (0.635-0.779)	<0.001
Intake of Iron supplement
Yes
No	1.045 (0.967-1.131)	0.261
Diet diversity score	0.943 (0.924-0.962)	<0.001
Child health service score	1.127 (1.107-1.147)	<0.001
Water, hygiene, and sanitation	1.099 (1.075-1.125)	<0.001
Mean maternal education at cluster level	0.976 (0.950- 1.003)	0.082

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