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Table 2 Independent variables description and frequency distribution

From: Multivariate logistic regression analysis on the association between anthropometric indicators of under-five children in Nigeria: NDHS 2018

Variables

Categories (codes)

n (%)

Age of child

0–5(0)

1114(9.8)

6–11(1)

1163(10.3)

12–23(2)

2235(19.8)

24–35(3)

2187(19.3)

36–47(4)

2261(20.0)

48–59(5)

2354(20.8)

Sex of child

male (0)

5732(50.7)

female (1)

5582(49.3)

Number of under five children in the household

1(0)

3042(26.9)

2(1)

4744(41.9)

3 and more (2)

3528(31.2)

Residence

Urban (0)

4431(39.2)

Rural (1)

6883(60.8)

Region

North central (0)

1993(17.6)

North East (1)

2005(17.7)

North West (2)

2725(24.1)

South East (3)

1661(14.7)

South South (4)

1265(11.2)

South West (5)

1665(14.7)

Household size

Small (1–4)(0)

2874(25.4)

medium(5–9)(1)

6348(56.1)

Large (10 and more) (2)

2092(18.5)

Source of drinking water

Unimproved (0)

4272(37.8)

improved (1)

7042(62.2)

Breast feeding

No (0)

5190(45.9)

Yes (1)

6124(54.1)

Birth oder

1st (0)

2177(19.2)

2–3(1)

3890(34.4)

4–5(2)

2730(24.1)

6 and more (3)

2517(22.2)

Multiple birth Cough

single birth (0)

10,958(96.9)

1st of multiple (1)

198(1.8)

2nd of multiple (2)

158(1.4)

No (0)

9389(83.0)

Yes (1)

1925(17.0)

Fever

No (0)

8376(74.0)

Yes (1)

2938(26.0)

Diarrhea

No (0)

9882(87.3)

Yes (1)

1432(12.7)

Anemia

Not anemic (0)

3217(28.4)

Anemic (1)

6922(61.2)

Missing

1175(10.4)

Religion

Catholic (0)

1169(10.3)

Other Christian (1)

4136(36.6)

Islam (2)

5908(52.2)

Traditionalist and others (3)

101(0.9)

Mothers’ Age at 1st birth

>  20(0)

8000(70.7)

20–34(1)

3268(28.9)

Mothers’Education level

35–49(2)

46(0.4)

No education (0)

4276(37.8)

Primary (1)

1913(16.9)

Secondary and higher (2)

5125(45.3)

Husbands’Education level

No education (0)

3256(28.8)

Primary (1)

1605(14.2)

Secondary and higher (2)

5892(52.1)

Missing

561(5.0)

Wealth index

poorest (0)

2225(19.7)

poorer (1)

2258(20.0)

middle (2)

2502(22.1)

richer (3)

2402(21.2)

richest (4)

1927(17.0)

Body mass index

Thin (0)

1068(9.4)

medium (1)

7065(62.4)

overweight (2)

3102(27.4)

missing

79(0.7)

Ethnicity

Ekoi(0)

58(0.5)

Fulani(1)

891(7.9)

Hausa(2)

2946(26.0)

Ibibio(3)

201(1.8)

Igala(4)

112(1.0)

Igbo(5)

1923(5)

Ijaw/Izon(6)

336(3.0)

Kanuri/Beriberi(7)

241(2.1)

Tiv (8)

276(2.4)

Yoruba (9)

1444(12.8)

Other (10)

2886(25.5)