Table 4 Prevalence of underweight as per children, carer, and household characteristics
Children | Carers | Household | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N | UW (%) | P-value* | Characteristic | N | UW (%) | P-value* | Characteristic | N | UW (%) | P-value* |
Age of child | 0.66 | Age of carer | 0.99 | Household size | 0.17 | ||||||
6–24 | 117 | 0.9 | < 35 | 258 | 1.6 | ≤ 5 persons | 187 | 3.0 | |||
25–59 | 204 | 2.0 | > 55 | 03 | 1.7 | > 5 persons | 134 | 0.5 | |||
36–55 | 60 | 0.0 | |||||||||
Sex of child | 0.02 | Sex of Carer | 0.99 | HFIAS | |||||||
Male | 153 | 0.0 | Female | 305 | 1.6 | Severely food insecure | 82 | 0.0 | |||
Female | 168 | 3.3 | Male | 16 | 0.0 | Moderate food insecure | 123 | 0.0 | |||
Mildly food insecure | 32 | 1.6 | |||||||||
Food secure | 84 | 3.7 | |||||||||
Snacking between meals | 0.99 | BMI category | 0.05 | Other household member with chronic disease | 0.35 | ||||||
Yes | 282 | 1.8 | Normal weight | 89 | 1.1 | Yes | 26 | 3.9 | |||
No | 39 | 0.0 | Overweight | 127 | 0.0 | No | 295 | 1.4 | |||
Obese | 105 | 3.8 | |||||||||
Skipped meal | 0.99 | Chronic disease | 0.99 | Water source | 0.98 | ||||||
No | 304 | 0.0 | No | 304 | 0.0 | Unprotected/Inappropriate | 127 | 1.6 | |||
Yes | 17 | 1.6 | Yes | 17 | 1.6 | Protected/Appropriate | 194 | 1.6 | |||
Number of daily meals | 0.20 | Smoking | 0.99 | Toilet type | 0.33 | ||||||
> 4 | 106 | 5.6 | Yes | 5 | 0.0 | Pit toilet | 103 | 2.9 | |||
3–4 | 197 | 1.9 | No | 316 | 1.6 | Flushing system | 218 | 0.9 | |||
1–2 | 18 | 1.0 | |||||||||
Hand washing | 0.53 | Alcohol consumption | 0.05 | Sharing toilet | 0.17 | ||||||
Water only | 29 | 3.5 | Yes | 210 | 3.6 | Yes | 49 | 4.1 | |||
Soap and water sometimes | 235 | 1.7 | No | 110 | 0.5 | No | 272 | 1.1 | |||
Soap and water always | 56 | 0.0 | |||||||||
Dietary diversity | 0.35 | Physical activity | 0.99 | Waste disposal | 0.22 | ||||||
DDS < 4 | 112 | 2.7 | Daily | 178 | 1.8 | Inappropriate | 57 | 3.5 | |||
DDS ≥ 4 | 209 | 1.0 | 2–4 times a week | 08 | 0.0 | Appropriate | 264 | 1.1 | |||
Once a week | 24 | 0.0 | |||||||||
No exercise | 111 | 1.7 | |||||||||
Marital status | 0.99 | ||||||||||
Cohabiting | 53 | 1.9 | |||||||||
Married | 190 | 1.6 | |||||||||
Single | 78 | 1.3 | |||||||||
Employment status | 0.70 | ||||||||||
No job | 99 | 1.0 | |||||||||
Self-employed | 175 | 2.3 | |||||||||
Government / Private | 47 | 0.0 | |||||||||
Educational level | 0.73 | ||||||||||
No schooling | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||
Primary | 44 | 2.3 | |||||||||
Secondary | 108 | 1.8 | |||||||||
University or more | 163 | 1.2 | |||||||||