Table 2 Association of severe underweight with conflict status, child-, household- and cluster- and state-level characteristics

 Conflict-free (ref)

 Low intensity/2005 (LI/2005)

2.60^*** (1.51–4.47)

2.73^*** (1.52–4.92)

1.48⁺ (0.97–2.25)

1.60^* (1.03–2.49)

 High intensity/2011 (HI/2011)

1.45 (0.80–2.64)

1.53 (0.80–2.93)

0.79 (0.51–1.25)

0.82 (0.50–1.32)

 High intensity/2003 (HI/2003)

1.88^** (1.20–2.95)

1.97^** (1.21–3.21)

0.88 (0.61–1.27)

0.91 (0.58–1.44)

Child age

3.53^*** (2.83–4.40)

3.51^*** (2.82–4.37)

3.53^*** (2.83–4.39)

 Yes

1.70^*** (1.41–2.04)

1.65^*** (1.37–1.98)

1.66^*** (1.38–2.00)

 None

3.03^*** (2.15–4.26)

2.98^*** (2.11–4.21)

 Primary

2.06^*** (1.52–2.80)

2.04^*** (1.50–2.78)

 Secondary + (ref)

 Poorest

4.15^*** (2.43–7.07)

3.10^*** (1.69–5.69)

 Second

4.24^*** (2.58–6.96)

3.35^*** (1.93–5.83)

 Middle

3.13^*** (1.99–4.94)

2.71^*** (1.67–4.42)

 Fourth

2.21^*** (1.46–3.36)

2.07^*** (1.35–3.16)

 Richest (ref)

 Poor consumption

0.81 (0.50–1.29)

0.81 (0.51–1.29)

 Borderline consumption

1.10 (0.86–1.41)

1.10 (0.86–1.41)

 Acceptable consumption (ref)

 Rural

1.65^** (1.22–2.24)

 Urban (ref)

Intercept

0.09^*** (0.07–0.13)

0.06^*** (0.05–0.09)

0.02^*** (0.01–0.03)

0.003^*** (0.001–0.006)

0.003^*** (0.001–0.006)

State-level variance

0.24^* (0.10–0.57)

0.10 (0.03–0.30)

0.12 (0.04–0.35)

0.04 (0.01–0.19)

0.04 (0.01–0.20)

Cluster-level variance

0.86^*** (0.63–1.18)

0.86^*** (0.63–1.18)

1.00^*** (0.73–1.36)

0.61^*** (0.42–0.90)

0.57^*** (0.38–0.84)

Household-level variance

1.86^*** (1.28–2.70)

1.86^*** (1.28–2.70)

2.13^*** (1.48–3.06)

1.95^*** (1.34–2.85)

1.92^*** (1.31–2.81)

State-level ICC

0.04

0.02

0.02

0.01

0.01

Cluster-level ICC

0.18

0.16

0.17

0.11

0.10

Household-level ICC

0.47

0.46

0.50

0.44

0.43

Observations

8191

8191

8191

8191

8191

LR chi2

14.657

169.015

273.180

281.160