Table 3

Unadjusted associations of child health indicators with family behavioural factors, household past experience of hardships, household and children characteristics

Diarrhoea in the last
2 weeks
 Acute respiratory
infection in the last
2 weeks
 Emaciation
(weight-for-height less than
-2z)
 Linear growth retardation
(height-for-age less than
-2z)
 Under-weight
(weight-for-ageless than
-2z)

n
 OR
 CI
 n
 OR
 CI
 n
 OR
 CI
 n
 OR
 CI
 n
 OR
 CI
Family behavioural factors related to women



















Lack of education (y vs n)
 2361
 2.28
 1.85
 2.83
 2154
 1.00
 0.83
 1.21
 2034
 1.33
 0.97
 1.80
 2059
 1.55
 1.26
 1.89
 2273
 1.62
 1.29
 2.04
Married younger than 16 years (y vs n)
 2325
 1.64
 1.33
 2.03
 2121
 1.18
 0.95
 1.46
 2001
 1.18
 0.85
 1.63
 2029
 0.97
 0.77
 1.21
 2237
 1.41
 1.12
 1.78
Lack of maternal autonomy (y vs n)
 2316
 1.91
 1.44
 2.53
 2112
 1.65
 1.25
 2.18
 1995
 1.45
 0.95
 2.21
 2021
 1.77
 1.34
 2.32
 2229
 1.88
 1.36
 2.61
Preference for female physician (female vs either)
 2349
 1.41
 1.18
 1.68
 2144
 1.19
 1.01
 1.42
 2023
 1.07
 0.82
 1.40
 2049
 1.37
 1.14
 1.64
 2261
 1.39
 1.14
 1.70
Household experience of hardships



















Shortage of basic material needs (y vs n)
 2182
 1.65
 1.37
 1.98
 1983
 1.15
 0.96
 1.37
 1888
 0.83
 0.63
 1.09
 1904
 1.28
 1.06
 1.54
 2104
 1.24
 1.01
 1.53
Forced to leave preferred residence (y vs n)
 2338
 1.39
 1.08
 1.80
 2133
 0.84
 0.67
 1.07
 2019
 1.24
 0.83
 1.86
 2041
 1.39
 1.07
 1.81
 2251
 1.42
 1.06
 1.90
Migration inside the country (y vs n)
 2338
 1.44
 1.21
 1.72
 2133
 0.92
 0.77
 1.09
 2019
 1.32
 1.00
 1.73
 2041
 1.27
 1.06
 1.52
 2251
 0.68
 0.55
 0.85
Migration outside the country (y vs n)
 2252
 0.78
 0.64
 0.94
 2047
 0.95
 0.79
 1.14
 1942
 0.76
 0.56
 1.02
 1965
 0.88
 0.73
 1.06
 2168
 1.67
 1.37
 2.04
Household economic status



















Income (vs high)
 820


743


727


742


803


     Low
 910
 1.68
 1.37
 2.07
 832
 1.20
 0.97
 1.48
 770
 1.25
 0.92
 1.69
 769
 1.20
 0.98
 1.48
 860
 1.51
 1.21
 1.90
     Middle
 618
 1.37
 1.09
 1.72
 568
 1.39
 1.11
 1.75
 526
 0.99
 0.69
 1.40
 536
 1.09
 0.87
 1.37
 597
 1.02
 0.79
 1.32
No running water
 2297
 1.51
 1.26
 1.80
 2095
 1.08
 0.91
 1.29
 1982
 1.14
 0.87
 1.53
 2005
 1.61
 1.33
 1.94
 2209
 1.48
 1.21
 1.83
Characteristics of the child and access to health services



















Gender (girl vs boy)
 2361
 1.07
 0.90
 1.28
 2156
 0.94
 0.79
 1.12
 2034
 0.92
 0.70
 1.19
 2059
 0.91
 0.76
 1.08
 2273
 1.00
 0.83
 1.22
Age (vs 0–11 months)
 527


489


409


426


503


     12–23 months
 574
 1.33
 1.04
 1.69
 544
 0.92
 0.72
 1.19
 515
 0.52
 0.37
 0.75
 513
 1.03
 0.79
 1.33
 562
 0.34
 0.25
 0.45
     24–35 months
 466
 1.00
 0.77
 1.30
 430
 1.02
 0.78
 1.34
 423
 0.47
 0.32
 0.69
 424
 1.20
 0.91
 1.58
 460
 0.58
 0.44
 0.76
     36–47 months
 419
 0.74
 0.56
 0.98
 367
 0.89
 0.67
 1.19
 383
 0.30
 0.19
 0.47
 385
 1.09
 0.82
 1.44
 415
 0.45
 0.33
 0.60
     48–59 months
 375
 0.48
 0.35
 0.65
 326
 0.93
 0.69
 1.24
 304
 0.40
 0.25
 0.62
 311
 0.86
 0.63
 1.16
 333
 0.32
 0.23
 0.45
Missing diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus vaccination (y vs n)
 2197
 1.67
 1.33
 2.11
 2014
 1.57
 1.24
 1.99
 1941
 1.34
 0.95
 1.90
 1959
 1.48
 1.16
 1.88
 2154
 1.98
 1.55
 2.54

OR = odds-ratios; CI = confidence interval.

Mashal et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:301   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-301