Predictors of the number of under-five malnourished children in Bangladesh: application of the generalized poisson regression model

Table 2 Bivariate associations between the number of under-five malnourished children in a family and different predictors in Bangladesh, 2007

Characteristics	χ ²	P
Place of residence	55.36^*	<0.001
Mother’s education	252.70^*	<0.001
Father’s education	241.91^*	<0.001
Father’s occupation	123.75^*	<0.001
Wealth index	253.21^*	<0.001
Sources of drinking water	34.45^*	<0.001
Toilet facility	47.48^*	<0.001
Religion	0.01	0.925
Access to media	14.49^*	<0.001
Total number of children ever-born to a woman	79.55^*	<0.001
Total number of children died in a family	30.78^*	<0.001

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