Table 7 Nutritional status in relation to socio-demographic variables for urban children
Parameters | Number of children (No = 150) | ≤ -2 SD WAZ No (%) P value | ≤ -2 SD HAZ No (%) P value | ≤ -2 SD WHZ No (%) P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (months) | 0.105 | 0.713 | 0.815 | ||||
0 – 11 | 50 | 8 (16.0) | 8 (16.0) | 5 (10.0) | |||
12 – 23 | 48 | 6 (12.5) | 8 (16.7) | 6 (12.5) | |||
24- 35 | 27 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (7.4) | 2 (7.4) | |||
36 – 47 | 18 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | |||
48 – 59 | 7 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Sex | 0.028 | 0.008 | 0.810 | ||||
Male | 76 | 11 (14.5) | 15 (19.7) | 7 (9.2) | |||
Female | 74 | 3 (4.1) | 4 (5.4) | 6 (8.1) | |||
Birth order | 0.006 | 0.653 | 0.004 | ||||
1 | 79 | 6 (7.6) | 12 (15.2) | 7 (8.9) | |||
2 | 34 | 4 (11.8) | 7 (20.6) | 2 (5.9) | |||
v3 | 21 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
4 | 9 | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (22.2) | |||
≥ 5 | 7 | 2 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (28.6) | |||
Total number of children | 0.109 | 0.109 | 0.094 | ||||
1 | 59 | 8 (13.6) | 11 (18.6) | 5 (8.5) | |||
2 | 48 | 2 (4.2) | 8 (16.7) | 4 (8.3) | |||
3 | 22 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
4 | 12 | 2 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (16.6) | |||
≥ 5 | 9 | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (22.2) | |||
Educational level of mother | 0.782 | 0.402 | 0.832 | ||||
No formal education | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Primary | 17 | 2 (11.8) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (11.8) | |||
Secondary | 76 | 10 (13.2) | 11 (14.5) | 6 (7.9) | |||
Postsecondary | 56 | 2 (3.6) | 7 (12.5) | 5 (8.9) | |||
Educational level of father | 0.910 | 0.541 | 0.953 | ||||
No formal education | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Primary | 7 | 2 (28.6) | 1 (14.3) | 2 (28.6) | |||
Secondary | 69 | 6 (8.7) | 8 (11.6) | 5 (7.2) | |||
Postsecondary | 73 | 6 (8.2) | 9 (12.3) | 6 (8.2) | |||
Social class | 0.197 | 0.519 | 0.472 | ||||
Upper | 19 | 1 (5.2) | 1 (5.2) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Middle | 35 | 1 (18.5) | 4 (11.4) | 5 (14.3) | |||
Lower | 96 | 12 (12.5) | 14 (14.6) | 8 (8.3) |