Determinants of malnutrition among urban slum children in Bangladesh

Health Economics Review

Table 4 Marginal effects of explanatory variables on child health for male and female children

Variable	Normal		Moderately Malnourished		Severely malnourished
Variable	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Child Age	0.000	0.010^b	0.000	0.001	−0.000	−0.011^b
Per Capita Income	0.122^a	0.141^a	0.161^a	0.013	−0.283^a	−0.154^a
Maternal Education	−0.134	0.332^a	−0.177	0.031	0.311	−0.363^a
Have Older Siblings (1 = Yes)	0.143^a	0.314^a	0.175^a	0.009	−0.318^a	−0.323^b
Child Health Precautions Index	−0.213^a	−0.320^a	−0.248^a	−0.106	0.461^b	0.426^a
Health Seeking Practices Index	−0.362^b	−0.050	−0.272^b	−0.006	0.634^b	0.056
Medical Cost Knowledge Index	−0.136^a	−0.331^a	−0.150^a	0.044	0.286^a	0.287^b
Maternal Education × Per Capita Income	−0.091	0.048	−0.120	0.004	0.211	−0.052
Maternal Education × Child Health Precautions Index	0.021	−0.024	0.028	−0.022	−0.049	0.263
Maternal Education × Health Seeking Practices Index	0.249^a	0.051	0.330^a	0.004	−0.579*	−0.056

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