Table 5 Association of socio-demographic factors to nutritional problems
From: Nutritional status of school children living in Northern part of Sri Lanka
Socio-economic factors | Stunting | Wasting | Overweight and obesity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | OR (95%CI) P Value | Yes (%) | No (%) | OR (95%CI) P Value | Yes (%) | No (%) | OR (95%CI) P Value | |
Education level of the mother | 7.79 | 3.23 | 2.87 | ||||||
Low | 62 (54) | 117 (13) | (5.15–11.8) | 79 (26) | 70 (10) | (2.26–4.62) | 51 (29) | 104 (12) | (1.95–4.33) |
Good | 53 (46) | 780 (87) | < 0.001 | 223 (74) | 640 (90) | < 0.001 | 125 (71) | 732 (88) | < 0.0001 |
Family Income | 61.4 | 22.71 | 16.07 | ||||||
Low | 103 (89) | 110 (12) | (32.69–115-3) | 245 (81) | 113 (16) | (15.97–32.27) | 124 (70) | 108 (13) | (10.97–23.54) |
Adequate | 12 (11) | 787 (88) | < 0.0001 | 57 (19) | 597 (84) | < 0.001 | 52 (30) | 728 (87) | < 0.0001 |
Family Size | 0.72 | 0.38 | 0.18 | ||||||
< 5 | 105 (91) | 839 (94) | (0.36–1.4) | 194 (64) | 584 (82) | (0.28–0.52) | 102 (58) | 738 (88) | (0.12–0.26) |
> 5 | 10 (9) | 58 (6) | = 0.3 | 108 (36) | 126 (18) | < 0.0001 | 74 (42) | 98 (12) | < 0.0001 |
Residential Area | 2.4 | 0.87 | 0.84 | ||||||
Rural | 75 (65) | 429 (48) | (1.36–3.06) | 109 (36) | 290 (41) | (0.62–1.08) | 59 (34) | 313 (37) | (0.59–1.18) |
Urban | 40 (35) | 468 (52) | = 0.0005 | 193 (64) | 420 (59) | = 0.15 | 117 (66) | 523 (63) | = 0.3 |