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Table 2 Prevalence of coexistence of stunting, wasting and underweight among children under-5

From: The prevalence and socio-demographic risk factors of coexistence of stunting, wasting, and underweight among children under five years in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Factors

Survey year 2014

Survey year 2017/18

Number

Prevalence (95% CI)

P values

Cramér's V

Number

Prevalence (95% CI)

P values

Cramér's V

Mother's education

 No education

84

7.8 (5.9, 10.2)

0.0007

0.069

28

5.0 (3.3, 7.4)

 < 0.001

0.070

 Primary

120

5.6 (4.4, 7.0)

  

73

3.6 (2.8, 4.6)

  

 Secondary

143

4.5 (3.7, 5.5)

  

96

2.6 (2.1, 3.2)

  

 Higher

21

3.1 (1.9, 5.1)

  

9

0.7 (0.4, 1.5)

  

Mother's working status

 Currently not working

246

4.6 (3.9, 5.4)

0.001

0.043

106

2.3 (1.9, 2.9)

0.012

0.027

 Currently working

122

7.0 (5.5, 8.9)

  

100

3.3 (2.7, 4.1)

  

Mother's BMI

 Underweight

144

8.4 (6.8, 10.4)

 < 0.001

0.102

62

5.8 (4.5, 7.6)

 < 0.001

0.075

 Normal

190

5.0 (4.1, 6.0)

  

112

2.5 (2.0, 3.0)

  

 Overweight

34

2.2 (1.5, 3.2)

  

32

1.7 (1.1, 2.5)

  

Mother's religion

 Islam

343

5.3 (4.6,6.1)

0.466

-0.013

187

2.8 (2.4,3.2)

0.749

0.001

 Others

25

4.3 (2.6,7.2)

  

19

2.6 (1.6,4.0)

  

Children's age (in months)

 0–11

40

2.8 (2.0, 4.1)

0.003

0.060

42

3.0 (2.2, 4.1)

0.009

0.047

 12–23

91

6.1 (4.6, 8.1)

  

47

3.1 (2.3, 4.3)

  

 24–35

72

5.1 (3.9, 6.7)

  

47

3.5 (2.6, 4.8)

  

 36–47

87

6.2 (4.9, 7.9)

  

46

2.9 (2.2, 4.0)

  

 48–59

78

5.8 (4.4, 7.6)

  

24

1.4 (0.9, 2.2)

  

Sex of child

 Male

206

5.3 (4.4, 6.4)

0.748

-0.021

117

3.0 (2.5, 3.6)

0.199

-0.015

 Female

162

5.1 (4.2, 6.1)

  

89

2.5 (1.9, 3.1)

  

Birth order

 First

123

4.4 (3.5, 5.6)

0.018

0.050

38

3.6 (2.5, 5.2)

0.313

0.030

 Second

96

4.8 (3.7, 6.2)

  

31

2.5 (1.7, 3.6)

  

 Third

67

5.7 (4.2, 7.5)

  

61

2.4 (1.9, 3.1)

  

 Fourth and above

82

7.5 (5.7, 9.7)

  

76

2.8 (2.2, 3.7)

  

Size of child at birth a

 Normal/average

174

4.3 (3.5, 5.2)

0.0001

0.078

26

1.5 (1.0, 2.3)

0.002

0.048

 Small

29

10.8 (6.9, 16.5)

  

14

4.1 (2.3, 7.4)

  

 Not weighted

    

77

3.1 (2.4, 3.9)

  

Age of household head (in years)

 15–34

120

5.2 (4.2,6.4)

0.202

0.041

77

3.1 (2.4,4.0)

0.157

0.026

 35–54

182

5.6 (4.7,6.8)

  

80

2.6 (2.0,3.2)

  

 55–74

61

4.9 (3.5,6.9)

  

39

2.3 (1.6,3.2)

  

 75 and above

5

1.6 (0.5,5.2)

  

10

4.9 (2.4,9.9)

  

Sex of household head

 Male

342

5.3 (4.6,6.1)

0.413

-0.020

190

2.9 (2.5,3.4)

0.009

-0.023

 Female

26

4.4 (3.0,6.6)

   

1.4 (0.8,2.4)

  

Television watching

 Not at all/do not know

191

6.6 (5.4, 8.0)

0.001

0.056

88

3.0 (2.4, 3.7)

0.006

0.039

 Less than once a week

34

4.8 (3.2, 7.2)

  

29

4.5 (3.0, 6.5)

  

 At least once a week

143

4.1 (3.4, 5.0)

  

89

2.3 (1.8, 2.9)

  

Wealth index b

 Poorest

132

8.3 (6.8, 10.2)

 < 0.001

0.101

61

4.0 (3.1,5.1)

0.0003

0.058

 Poorer

82

6.2 (4.7, 8.1)

  

53

3.2 (2.4, 4.3)

  

 Middle

62

3.8 (2.8, 5.3)

  

42

2.9 (2.1, 4.0)

  

 Richer

58

4.3 (3.2, 5.8)

  

32

2.2 (1.5, 3.3)

  

 Richest

34

2.9 (2.0, 4.2)

  

18

1.1 (0.7, 1.9)

  

Place of residence

 Urban

95

4.5 (3.5, 5.8)

0.238

0.031

62

2.4 (1.9, 3.1)

0.293

0.014

 Rural

273

5.4 (4.6, 6.5)

  

144

2.9 (2.4, 3.4)

  

 Total

368

5.2 (4.5, 6.0)

  

206

2.7 (2.4, 3.2)

  
  1. a, children born with less than 2500 g were considered as small
  2. b, an aggregated index based on household assets