Table 6 Other determinants of child wasting and stunting
Variable | Wasting | Stunting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Yes (%) | P-value | Yes (%) | P-value | |
Low birth weight | 0.026 | 0.171 | |||
Yes | 88 | 29.5 | 29.5 | ||
No | 307 | 18.6 | 22.5 | ||
Age group of children (months) | 0.411 | < 0.001 | |||
6–11 | 258 | 19.8 | 12.8 | ||
12–17 | 79 | 20.3 | 35.4 | ||
18–23 | 58 | 27.6 | 58.6 | ||
Sex of children | 0.563 | 0.111 | |||
Male | 184 | 22.3 | 27.7 | ||
Female | 211 | 19.9 | 20.9 | ||
Maternal age (years) | 0.167 | 0.192 | |||
15–24 | 132 | 17.4 | 28.0 | ||
25–29 | 139 | 19.4 | 25.2 | ||
30 + | 124 | 26.6 | 18.5 | ||
Marital status | 0.382 | 0.507 | |||
In a union | 373 | 21.4 | 24.4 | ||
Not in a union | 22 | 13.6 | 18.2 | ||
Educational status | 0.130 | 0.577 | |||
No education | 134 | 19.4 | 24.6 | ||
Low education | 216 | 24.1 | 25.0 | ||
High education | 45 | 11.1 | 17.8 | ||
Religion | 0.949 | 0.08 | |||
Christianity | 34 | 20.6 | 11.8 | ||
Islam | 361 | 21.1 | 25.2 | ||
Ethnicity | 0.870 | 0.421 | |||
Dagomba | 326 | 20.9 | 24.8 | ||
Others | 69 | 21.7 | 20.3 | ||
Type of building mothers dwelt in | 0.967 | 0.679 | |||
Block | 310 | 21.0 | 24.5 | ||
Others | 85 | 21.2 | 22.4 | ||
Household wealth index (tertile) | 0.243 | 0.005 | |||
Poorest | 133 | 24.1 | 33.8 | ||
Medium | 132 | 22.7 | 20.5 | ||
Richest | 130 | 16.2 | 17.7 | ||