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Table 4 Estimates of parameters of the logistic regression model to determine factors affecting malnutrition (underweight)
| Background characteristics | β | S.E.(β) | Wald statistics | df | Sig. | exp(β) (odds ratio) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups (in months) | <6 | –1.016 | .123 | 68.540 | 1 | .000 | .362 |
| 6–8 | –1.068 | .147 | 53.073 | 1 | .000 | .344 | |
| 9–11 | –.635 | .128 | 24.465 | 1 | .000 | .530 | |
| 12–17 | –.464 | .100 | 21.458 | 1 | .000 | .629 | |
| 18–23 | –.146 | .099 | 2.142 | 1 | .143 | .865 | |
| 24–35 | –.005 | .081 | .004 | 1 | .949 | .995 | |
| 36–47 | .026 | .081 | .104 | 1 | .748 | 1.027 | |
| 48–59 (r) | |||||||
| Sex | Male | –.046 | .053 | .745 | 1 | .388 | .956 |
| Female (r) | |||||||
| Place of residence | Urban | .083 | .072 | 1.344 | 1 | .246 | 1.087 |
| Rural (r) | |||||||
| Division | Barisal | –.054 | .135 | .158 | 1 | .691 | .948 |
| Chittagong | .112 | .100 | 1.253 | 1 | .263 | 1.119 | |
| Dhaka | –.286 | .095 | 9.116 | 1 | .003 | .751 | |
| Khulna | –.397 | .131 | 9.131 | 1 | .003 | .672 | |
| Rajshahi | –.273 | .118 | 5.403 | 1 | .020 | .761 | |
| Rangpur | –.056 | .117 | .228 | 1 | .633 | .946 | |
| Sylhet (r) | |||||||
| Father's education | No or Primary education | .167 | .065 | 6.530 | 1 | .011 | 1.182 |
| Secondary or Higher Education (r) | |||||||
| Mother's education | No or Primary education | .194 | .064 | 9.171 | 1 | .002 | 1.214 |
| Secondary or Higher Education (r) | |||||||
| Father’s Occupation | physical labor related | .057 | .167 | .118 | 1 | .731 | 1.059 |
| service/desk job/business | .146 | .172 | .718 | 1 | .397 | 1.157 | |
| others (r) | |||||||
| Mother's Occupation | physical labor related | .254 | .062 | 16.822 | 1 | .000 | 1.289 |
| service/desk job/business | –.054 | .144 | .140 | 1 | .708 | .947 | |
| others (r) | |||||||
| Mother’s BMI (weight/height2) | Under weight | .965 | .094 | 105.974 | 1 | .000 | 2.625 |
| Normal weight | .476 | .082 | 33.765 | 1 | .000 | 1.610 | |
| Over weight/Obese (r) | |||||||
| Wealth index | Poorest | .839 | .113 | 55.346 | 1 | .000 | 2.315 |
| Poorer | .699 | .110 | 40.054 | 1 | .000 | 2.012 | |
| Middle | .548 | .104 | 27.820 | 1 | .000 | 1.729 | |
| Richer | .346 | .099 | 12.291 | 1 | .000 | 1.414 | |
| Richest (r) | |||||||
| Number of living children | 1–2 | .074 | .114 | .417 | 1 | .519 | 1.076 |
| 3–11 (r) | |||||||
| Birth order | 1–2 | –.096 | .113 | .731 | 1 | .392 | .908 |
| 3–14 (r) | |||||||
