Determinants of malnutrition among urban slum children in Bangladesh

Fakir, Adnan M S; Khan, M Wasiqur Rahman

doi:10.1186/s13561-015-0059-1

Health Economics Review

Table 3 Odds ratio (OR) estimates of child nutritional status (standard errors)

From: Determinants of malnutrition among urban slum children in Bangladesh

Variable	Model (1): Base	Model (2): Asset Index	Model (3): Per Capita Income	Single score test (p-value)	Model (4): Male Only	Model (5): Female Only
Child Sex (1 = Female)	0.729^a (0.307)	0.748^a (0.339)	0.640^a (0.348)	0.1239	-	-
Child Age (in months)	−0.021^a (0.009)	−0.023^a (0.009)	−0.026^b (0.009)	0.0721	−0.048^b (0.015)	−0.002 (0.014)
Per Capita Income	−0.471^b (0.176)	-	−0.519^a (0.278)	0.7717	−0.699^a (0.390)	−1.201^a (0.542)
Household Asset Index	-	−1.643 (2.540)	-	-	-	-
Maternal Education	−0.425^a (0.254)	−0.937^a (0.488)	−0.033 (0.565)	0.2254	−1.648^a (0.908)	1.317 (1.094)
Have Older Siblings (1 = Yes)	−0.555^a (0.330)	−0.785^a (0.359)	−1.046^b (0.384)	0.4068	−1.551^a (0.610)	−1.403^a (0.604)
Child Health Precautions Index	-	1.893^b (0.553)	1.786^b (0.554)	0.1445	1.883^a (0.956)	2.179^a (0.885)
Health Seeking Practices Index	-	0.649 (0.469)	0.837^a (0.475)	0.9571	0.252 (0.751)	3.123^b (0.823)
Medical Cost Knowledge Index	-	1.081^b (0.364)	1.293^b (0.375)	0.6970	1.510^a (0.646)	1.221^a (0.583)
Maternal Education × Per Capita Income	-	-	−0.242 (0.245)	0.2456	−0.237 (0.410)	0.893 (0.653)
Maternal Education × Household Asset Index	-	1.316 (2.094)	-	-	-	-
Maternal Education × Child Health Precautions Index	-	0.161 (0.568)	0.640 (0.639)	0.2784	1.193 (1.172)	−0.209 (0.995)
Maternal Education × Health Seeking Practices Index	-	0.077 (0.533)	−0.268 (0.573)	0.2233	−0.254 (1.075)	−2.453^a (0.975)
L₀	−178.4811	−178.4811	−178.4811	-	−90.9896	−84.4876
L	−165.7001	−147.2901	−139.4184	-	−58.6590	−62.3075
LR	25.56^b	62.38^b	78.13^b	-	64.66^b	44.36^b
Observations	174	174	174	-	86	88

Per Capita Income is scaled down by a factor of 1,000; Household Asset Index is prepared as described under table 01 caption; Maternal Education is coded 0 for no education, 1 for some education but less than primary, 2 for higher than primary but less than secondary, 3 for secondary and greater; Child Health Precautions Index, Health Seeking Practices Index and Medical Cost Knowledge Index are prepared as described in table 02 coded as 0 if not deprived and 1 if deprived
LR = 2(L-L ₀ ) is the log likelihood ratio statistic with a chi-square distribution where L ₀ is the restricted log-likelihood function and L is the log-likelihood function
^a = significant at the 10 % level
^b = significant at the 1 % level

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ISSN: 2191-1991

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