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Table 3 Unadjusted associations of child health indicators with family behavioural factors, household past experience of hardships, household and children characteristics

From: Factors associated with the health and nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in Afghanistan: family behaviour related to women and past experience of war-related hardships

 

Diarrhoea in the last

2 weeks

Acute respiratory

infection in the last

2 weeks

Emaciation

(weight-for-height less than

-2z)

Linear growth retardation

(height-for-age less than

-2z)

Under-weight

(weight-for-ageless than

-2z)

 

n

OR

CI

n

OR

CI

n

OR

CI

n

OR

CI

n

OR

CI

Family behavioural factors related to women

                    

Lack of education (y vs n)

2361

2.28

1.85

2.83

2154

1.00

0.83

1.21

2034

1.33

0.97

1.80

2059

1.55

1.26

1.89

2273

1.62

1.29

2.04

Married younger than 16 years (y vs n)

2325

1.64

1.33

2.03

2121

1.18

0.95

1.46

2001

1.18

0.85

1.63

2029

0.97

0.77

1.21

2237

1.41

1.12

1.78

Lack of maternal autonomy (y vs n)

2316

1.91

1.44

2.53

2112

1.65

1.25

2.18

1995

1.45

0.95

2.21

2021

1.77

1.34

2.32

2229

1.88

1.36

2.61

Preference for female physician (female vs either)

2349

1.41

1.18

1.68

2144

1.19

1.01

1.42

2023

1.07

0.82

1.40

2049

1.37

1.14

1.64

2261

1.39

1.14

1.70

Household experience of hardships

                    

Shortage of basic material needs (y vs n)

2182

1.65

1.37

1.98

1983

1.15

0.96

1.37

1888

0.83

0.63

1.09

1904

1.28

1.06

1.54

2104

1.24

1.01

1.53

Forced to leave preferred residence (y vs n)

2338

1.39

1.08

1.80

2133

0.84

0.67

1.07

2019

1.24

0.83

1.86

2041

1.39

1.07

1.81

2251

1.42

1.06

1.90

Migration inside the country (y vs n)

2338

1.44

1.21

1.72

2133

0.92

0.77

1.09

2019

1.32

1.00

1.73

2041

1.27

1.06

1.52

2251

0.68

0.55

0.85

Migration outside the country (y vs n)

2252

0.78

0.64

0.94

2047

0.95

0.79

1.14

1942

0.76

0.56

1.02

1965

0.88

0.73

1.06

2168

1.67

1.37

2.04

Household economic status

                    

Income (vs high)

820

   

743

   

727

   

742

   

803

   

   Low

910

1.68

1.37

2.07

832

1.20

0.97

1.48

770

1.25

0.92

1.69

769

1.20

0.98

1.48

860

1.51

1.21

1.90

   Middle

618

1.37

1.09

1.72

568

1.39

1.11

1.75

526

0.99

0.69

1.40

536

1.09

0.87

1.37

597

1.02

0.79

1.32

No running water

2297

1.51

1.26

1.80

2095

1.08

0.91

1.29

1982

1.14

0.87

1.53

2005

1.61

1.33

1.94

2209

1.48

1.21

1.83

Characteristics of the child and access to health services

                    

Gender (girl vs boy)

2361

1.07

0.90

1.28

2156

0.94

0.79

1.12

2034

0.92

0.70

1.19

2059

0.91

0.76

1.08

2273

1.00

0.83

1.22

Age (vs 0–11 months)

527

   

489

   

409

   

426

   

503

   

   12–23 months

574

1.33

1.04

1.69

544

0.92

0.72

1.19

515

0.52

0.37

0.75

513

1.03

0.79

1.33

562

0.34

0.25

0.45

   24–35 months

466

1.00

0.77

1.30

430

1.02

0.78

1.34

423

0.47

0.32

0.69

424

1.20

0.91

1.58

460

0.58

0.44

0.76

   36–47 months

419

0.74

0.56

0.98

367

0.89

0.67

1.19

383

0.30

0.19

0.47

385

1.09

0.82

1.44

415

0.45

0.33

0.60

   48–59 months

375

0.48

0.35

0.65

326

0.93

0.69

1.24

304

0.40

0.25

0.62

311

0.86

0.63

1.16

333

0.32

0.23

0.45

Missing diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus vaccination (y vs n)

2197

1.67

1.33

2.11

2014

1.57

1.24

1.99

1941

1.34

0.95

1.90

1959

1.48

1.16

1.88

2154

1.98

1.55

2.54

  1. OR = odds-ratios; CI = confidence interval.