Malnutrition among hospitalized children 12–59 months of age in Abyan and Lahj Governorates / Yemen

BMC Nutrition

Table 6 Bivariate analysis of association of Chronic malnutrition and socio-economic characteristics

Item		Stunting	Normal	Total	Prevalence of Stunting	X²	P-value
Governorate	Lahj Abyan	194 199	280 278	474 477	40.9% 41.7%	0.06	0.834
Sex	Male Female	208 185	252 306	460 491	45.2% 37.7%	5.56	0.021†*
Type of the Health facility	Hospital PHC centers	264 129	288 270	552 399	47.8% 32.3%	22.3	0.000*
Residency	Resident	270	443	713	37.9%	14	0.000†*
Residency	Non-resident	123	115	238	51.7%	14	0.000†*
Monthly family income	Enough	38	75	113	33.6%	3.13	0.084
Monthly family income	Not enough	355	483	838	42.4%	3.13	0.084
Availability of drinking water in the house	available	370	539	909	40.7%	3.27	0.079†
Availability of drinking water in the house	Not available	23	19	42	54.8%	3.27	0.079†

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