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Table 3 Maternal depression and other socio-demographic factors associated with malnutrition in children

From: Maternal depression and malnutrition in children in southwest Uganda: a case control study

Variables

Unadjusted OR (95 % CI)

P-value*

Depression in the mother

  

 Depression

2.4 (1.18–4.79)

0.015*

Age of the mother (years)

 18–24a

  

 25–30

1.2 (0.61–2.52)

0.558

  > 30

1.2 (0.50–2.91)

0.680

Level of education of the mother

 Lower Primary (p1-p4)a

  

 Upper Primary (p5-p7)

2.4 (1.48–7.61)

0.004

 Secondary school (s1-s6)

2.4 (0.89–6.45)

0.084

Marital status

 Marrieda

  

 Single/separated/widowed

0.9 (0.43–1.89)

0.799

Occupation of the mother

  

 Peasant farmera

  

 Retail business

1.6 (0.76–3.54)

0.209

 Casual laborer/no occupation

1.2 (0.49–3.02)

0.683

Mother’s Source of income

 Farminga

  

 Retail business

2.0 (0.73–5.47)

0.177

 Casual labor/no source of income

2.6 (0.90–7.48)

0.076

Number of children

 1–2a

  

 3–4

0.9 (0.40–1.81)

0.688

  > 4

1.9 (0.79–4.38)

0.152

  1. *p ≤ 0.05
  2. aReference categories