From: Effective nutrition governance is correlated with better nutrition outcomes in Nepal
Variable | HAZ | WHZ | ||||||||||||
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Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||||
Child-level estimates | ||||||||||||||
 Intercept | -1.49*** | -1.70*** | -1.64*** | -1.68*** | -0.75*** | -1.92*** | -1.86*** | -1.96*** | ||||||
 Child’s age | ||||||||||||||
   > 24 months |  | -1.51*** | -1.52*** | -1.51*** |  | 0.14*** | 0.14*** | 0.14*** | ||||||
   ≤ 24 months |  | Ref | Ref | Ref |  | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||
 Female child |  | -0.02 | -0.02 | -0.02 |  | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||
 CDDSa |  | -0.14*** | -0.14*** | -0.14*** |  | -0.02*** | -0.02*** | -0.02*** | ||||||
 No feverb |  | 0.04** | 0.05** | 0.05** |  | 0.13*** | 0.14*** | 0.14*** | ||||||
 Month of birth |  | -0.01** | -0.01** | -0.01** |  | -0.00 | -0.00 | -0.00 | ||||||
 Mother’s education |  | 0.04*** | 0.04*** | 0.04*** |  | 0.01*** | 0.01*** | 0.01*** | ||||||
 Mother’s BMI |  | 0.04*** | 0.04*** | 0.04*** |  | 0.06*** | 0.06*** | 0.06*** | ||||||
 Mother’s age |  | 0.01*** | 0.01*** | 0.01*** |  | -0.00* | -0.00* | -0.00* | ||||||
Community-level estimates | ||||||||||||||
 NGI (Z-score) |  |  | -0.02 | -0.09 |  |  | -0.05 | -0.07 | ||||||
 NGI (Z-score) & child’s age | ||||||||||||||
  NGI & > 24 months |  |  |  | 0.12*** |  |  |  | 0.04* | ||||||
  NGI & ≤ 24 months |  |  |  | Ref |  |  |  | Ref | ||||||
 Panel 2 |  |  | -0.07** | -0.07*** |  |  | -0.07*** | -0.07*** | ||||||
 Panel 4 |  |  | Ref | Ref |  |  | Ref | Ref | ||||||
Covariance parameters | ||||||||||||||
 Intercept | 0.116*** | 0.094*** | 0.094** | 0.094** | 0.199*** | 0.117** | 0.115** | 0.115** | ||||||
 Residual | 1.555*** | 1.367*** | 1.365*** | 1.362*** | 0.950*** | 0.902*** | 0.901*** | 0.901*** | ||||||
 ICC | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||||||
Model fit statistics | ||||||||||||||
 AIC | 42,546.8 | 37,608.4 | 37,601.8 | 37,574.4 | 30,878.9 | 27,854.5 | 27,843.0 | 27,841.4 | ||||||
 N | 12,950 | 11,910 | 11,910 | 11,910 | 11,046 | 10,148 | 10,148 | 10,148 |