Effects of individual, household and community characteristics on child nutritional status in the slums of urban Bangladesh

Table 3 Regression estimates on undernutrition status among children living in urban slums, 2013

Background Characteristics	Stunting				Underweight
	Individual- level	Household- level	Cluster- level	Model A	Individual- level	Household- level	Cluster- level	Model B
Mother’s age at birth (reference: <20 years)
20-34 years	0.85				0.84
35+ years	0.84				0.83
Mother’s education (reference: no education)
Primary	1.03			1.05	1.03			1.07
Secondary +	0.67^***			0.74^**	0.68^***			0.76^**
Birth order (reference: 1)
2-3	0.90				0.90
4+	0.99				0.93
Child’s age (reference: <9 months)
9-23 months	3.30^***			3.31^***	1.79^***			1.82^***
24-59 months	3.13^***			3.15^***	2.50^***			2.57^***
Exposure to media (paper, radio or TV) (reference: less than daily)
Daily	0.81^*			0.86	0.83^*			0.88
Mother’s working status (reference: unemployed/works from home)
Outside home	1.07				1.21^*			1.16
NGO’s membership (reference: not member)
Member	0.85				1.03
Wealth status (reference: non-poor)
Poor		1.49^***		1.31^**		1.57^***		1.36^**
Duration of residence (reference: <2 years)
2-5 years		1.09				0.98
>5 years		1.03				0.96
Sanitation facility (reference: not improved)
Improved		0.80^*		0.81		0.84		0.84
Garbage disposal (reference: in open space)
Disposed		0.96				0.98
Household size (reference: 1-3)
4-5		1.08				1.15
6+		1.09				1.14
Distance from health facility (reference: <1 km)
1-2 km			0.96				1.11	1.12
>2 km			0.94				0.72	0.65^*
Number of available community health worker (reference: none)
One			0.88				0.98
Two or more			0.95				1.07
Region (reference: other division)
Dhaka			1.19^*	1.13			0.96

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