Skip to main content

Table 6 Nutritional status in relation to socio-demographic variables for rural children

From: Maternal and child under-nutrition in rural and urban communities of Lagos state, Nigeria: the relationship and risk factors

Parameters

Number of children (No = 150)

≤ -2 SD WAZ

≤ -2 SD HAZ

≤ -2 SD WHZ

No (%)

P value

No (%)

P value

No (%)

P value

Age (months)

  

0.085

 

0.693

 

0.012

  0 – 11

11

4 (36.4)

 

4 (36.4)

 

4 (36.4)

 

  12 – 23

42

13 (31.0)

 

22 (52.4)

 

7 (16.7)

 

  24- 35

34

2 (5.9)

 

17 (50.0)

 

0 (0.0)

 

  36 – 47

28

4 (14.3)

 

7 (25.0)

 

1 (3.6)

 

  48 – 59

35

5 (14.3)

 

13 (37.1)

 

4 (11.4)

 

Sex

  

0.187

 

0.026

 

0.238

  Male

66

16 (24.2)

 

27 (40.9)

 

8 (12.1)

 

  Female

84

12 (14.2)

 

36 (42.9)

 

8 (9.5)

 

Birth order

  

0.365

 

0.241

 

0.767

  1

38

10 (26.3)

 

14 (36.8)

 

7 (18.4)

 

  2

45

5 (11.1)

 

23 (51.1)

 

3 (6.7)

 

  3

33

6 (18.1)

 

13 (39.4)

 

3 (9.1)

 

  4

19

6 (31.5)

 

10 (52.6)

 

1 (5.3)

 

  5 – 7

14

1 (7.1)

 

3 (21.4)

 

2 (14.2)

 

Total number of children

  

0.070

 

0.078

 

0.947

  1

23

9 (39.1)

 

10 (43.5)

 

4 (17.4)

 

  2

50

6 (12.0)

 

21 (42.0)

 

6 (12.0)

 

  3

28

3 (10.7)

 

16 (57.1)

 

2 (7.1)

 

  4

25

4 (16.0)

 

6 (24.0)

 

2 (8.0)

 

  ≥ 5

23

6 (26.1)

 

10 (43.5)

 

2 (8.7)

 

Educational level of mother

  

0.706

 

0.066

 

0.741

  No formal education

3

2 (66.7)

 

2 (66.7)

 

1 (33.3)

 

  Primary

55

11 (20.0)

 

26 (47.3)

 

7 (12.7)

 

  Secondary

79

14 (17.7)

 

32 (40.5)

 

7 (8.9)

 

  Postsecondary

13

2 (15.4)

 

3 (23.1)

 

1 (7.7)

 

Educational level of father

  

0.378

 

0.142

 

0.000

  No formal education

4

2 (50.0)

 

3 (75.0)

 

2 (50.0)

 

  Primary

13

3 (23.1)

 

5 (38.5)

 

2 (15.4)

 

  Secondary

99

18 (18.2)

 

49 (49.5)

 

9 (9.1)

 

  Postsecondary

34

7 (14.6)

 

6 (17.6)

 

5 (8.8)

 

Social class

  

0.330

 

0.005

 

0.352

  Upper

0

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

 

  Middle

15

3 (30.0)

 

1 (6.7)

 

2 (13.3)

 

  Lower

135

25 (18.5)

 

62 (45.9)

 

14 (10.4)