Table 3 Socio-religious differentials in the prevalence of malnutrition among children under 5 years by select covariates
Covariates | Stunting | Wasting | Underweight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M-LCa | M-HCa | M-LCa | M-HCa | M-LCa | M-HCa | |
Child's | ||||||
Sex | ||||||
 Male | -4.0 | 4.6 | -4.1 | -0.6 | -7.1 | 2.2 |
 Female | -3.5 | 3.5 | -4.0 | -1.3 | -6.7 | 1.0 |
Age (years) | ||||||
 0 | -2.8 | 1.7 | -4.0 | -1.6 | -6.2 | 0.5 |
 1 | -5.5 | 3.6 | -4.2 | 0.8 | -8.0 | 2.9 |
 2 | -5.8 | 3.8 | -4.6 | -1.5 | -9.3 | 0.8 |
 3 | -3.0 | 5.5 | -3.8 | -1.2 | -5.6 | 2.2 |
 4 | -3.0 | 5.2 | -3.1 | -1.1 | -5.9 | 1.6 |
Birth order | ||||||
 First | -4.0 | 3.8 | -3.6 | -0.7 | -6.9 | 1.2 |
 Second | -4.5 | 3.1 | -4.4 | -1.5 | -8.6 | 0.4 |
 Third | -5.8 | -0.3 | -3.9 | -0.9 | -7.4 | -1.1 |
 Fourth or more | -4.8 | -0.6 | -5.0 | -1.8 | -7.7 | -2.4 |
Breastfed | ||||||
 within 2 hours | -4.1 | 3.6 | -4.1 | -1.3 | -7.6 | 0.8 |
 within 24 hours | -2.6 | 5.5 | -3.1 | -0.9 | -4.6 | 3.5 |
 More than 24 hours after | -4.2 | 4.8 | -3.9 | 2.8 | -7.4 | 4.3 |
 Never breastfed | -3.3 | 4.7 | -3.5 | -1.4 | -3.2 | 3.4 |
Mother's | ||||||
 Age at birth | ||||||
  Below 18 | -3.5 | 2.0 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -4.3 | -1.2 |
  18-20 | -3.9 | 2.3 | -5.8 | -1.8 | -8.3 | -1.7 |
  21-25 | -4.3 | 3.1 | -4.0 | -1.2 | -7.7 | 0.8 |
  26-30 | -3.5 | 4.9 | -3.4 | -0.5 | -5.7 | 3.1 |
  31-35 | -4.0 | 5.5 | -4.1 | -0.6 | -7.2 | 2.9 |
  Above 35 | -4.0 | 7.7 | -4.0 | 0.9 | -5.3 | 7.1 |
 Education | ||||||
  No education | -2.6 | -0.5 | -5.4 | -1.8 | -6.5 | -2.3 |
  Incomplete primary | 1.2 | 2.8 | -5.0 | -2.7 | -5.0 | -2.1 |
  Primary | -6.1 | -1.7 | -3.0 | -2.8 | -7.4 | -3.3 |
  Incomplete secondary | -6.0 | -0.2 | -2.8 | -0.8 | -7.5 | -2.1 |
  Secondary | -3.2 | 0.9 | -5.3 | -1.8 | -9.2 | -1.4 |
  Higher | -3.8 | 0.3 | -2.0 | 0.2 | -7.0 | -2.2 |
 BMI | ||||||
  Normal | -2.4 | 4.4 | -2.2 | -0.4 | -4.0 | 2.3 |
  Underweight | -2.8 | 3.1 | -6.2 | -2.0 | -8.0 | 0.0 |
  Overweight | -1.2 | 6.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -2.5 | 4.2 |
'Household's | ||||||
 Residence | ||||||
  Rural | -2.3 | 5.9 | -1.2 | 0.2 | -2.7 | 4.3 |
  Urban | -1.8 | 4.8 | -4.9 | -1.5 | -6.4 | 1.5 |
 Wealth Index | ||||||
  Poorest | -0.4 | 0.8 | -5.7 | -1.9 | -6.1 | -2.0 |
  Poorer | 0.8 | 1.9 | -4.1 | -3.2 | -3.4 | -1.8 |
  Middle | 2.4 | 5.6 | -2.5 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
  Richer | -1.4 | 2.9 | -1.9 | -0.3 | -1.9 | 1.9 |
  Richest | -2.1 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | -2.7 | 1.9 |
 Drinking water | ||||||
  Not Treated | -1.7 | 4.2 | -3.8 | -0.5 | -5.1 | 2.0 |
  Treated | -9.5 | 0.8 | -4.7 | -1.6 | -11.9 | -1.5 |
 Toilet | ||||||
  Some facility | 1.0 | 7.0 | -2.4 | -0.5 | -1.7 | 4.0 |
  Open defecation | 1.0 | 4.8 | -3.8 | -0.8 | -3.1 | 2.6 |
 Region | ||||||
  North | 3.7 | 7.3 | -1.5 | 0.1 | -0.8 | 3.5 |
  Central | -6.2 | 3.4 | -1.7 | 1.5 | -6.7 | 2.6 |
  East | -11.8 | 0.0 | -6.2 | -1.9 | -14.1 | -2.8 |
  Northeast | -8.1 | -0.5 | -6.9 | -2.8 | -13.7 | -3.9 |
  West | -7.8 | 7.2 | -9.8 | -4.6 | -14.6 | 0.5 |
  South | -1.0 | 6.1 | -3.0 | -0.5 | -3.1 | 4.7 |
  Total | -3.7 | 4.1 | -4.1 | -0.95 | -6.9 | 1.7 |