Table 1 Conceptual model for hierarchical analysis of factors associated with overweight and malnutrition
Distal | Block 1: Environmental and socio-economic |
|---|---|
Socio-economic variables | |
Wealth index | |
Household type | |
House floor type | |
Home ownership | |
Receipt of benefits | |
Food production for own consumption | |
Environmental Variables | |
Waste collection | |
Presence of open sewage | |
Presence of electric power supply | |
Water well or drinking water treatment Toilet type | |
Intermediate | Block 2: Maternal and paternal characteristics |
Age | |
Gender | |
Marital status | |
Skin colour | |
Schooling | |
Paid work | |
Smoking | |
Consumption of alcoholic beverages | |
Time living in the municipality | |
Maternal height | |
Maternal body mass index | |
Block 3: Gestational characteristics | |
Number of pregnancies | |
Pre-natal care | |
Morbidity during pregnancy | |
Block 4: Access to services and child care | |
Living with biological parents | |
Attending nursery or school | |
Monitoring through health care service | |
Proximal | Block 5: Characteristics of child birth and breastfeeding |
Birth weight | |
Duration of exclusive breastfeeding | |
Duration of total breastfeeding | |
Block 6: Morbidity | |
Self-reported morbidities | |
Hospitalisation at least once in life | |
Diagnosis of anaemia | |
Diagnosis of intestinal parasites |