Table 3 Association of moderate underweight with conflict status, child-, household- and cluster- and state-level characteristics

 Conflict-free (ref)

 Low intensity/2005 (LI/2005)

1.34^* (1.03–1.74)

1.33⁺ (1.00–1.78)

0.99 (0.78–1.25)

1.05 (0.84–1.32)

 High intensity/2011 (HI/2011)

1.22 (0.94–1.59)

1.24 (0.92–1.68)

0.90 (0.71–1.14)

0.96 (0.76–1.20)

 High intensity/2003 (HI/2003)

1.27^* (1.03–1.56)

1.29^* (1.02–1.63)

0.83⁺ (0.68–1.02)

0.96 (0.77–1.22)

Child age

2.24^*** (1.93–2.59)

2.26^*** (1.95–2.62)

2.26^*** (1.95–2.62)

 No (ref)

 Yes

1.42^*** (1.25–1.62)

1.41^*** (1.24–1.60)

1.41^*** (1.24–1.60)

 None

1.22⁺ (0.99–1.51)

1.17 (0.94–1.44)

 Primary

1.12 (0.93–1.34)

1.10 (0.91–1.32)

 Secondary + (ref)

 Poorest

2.76^*** (1.99–3.84)

1.97^*** (1.35–2.87)

 Second

2.43^*** (1.80–3.29)

1.83^*** (1.31–2.57)

 Middle

2.05^*** (1.56–2.69)

1.70^*** (1.27–2.28)

 Fourth

1.73^*** (1.36–2.20)

1.58^*** (1.24–2.01)

 Richest (ref)

 Poor consumption

1.02 (0.74–1.41)

1.05 (0.76–1.45)

 Borderline consumption

0.96 (0.81–1.15)

0.98 (0.82–1.16)

 Acceptable consumption (ref)

 Rural

1.56^*** (1.29–1.88)

 Urban (ref)

Intercept

0.27^*** (0.24–0.30)

0.23^*** (0.20–0.27)

0.09^*** (0.07–0.11)

0.05^*** (0.03–0.06)

0.04^*** (0.03–0.06)

State-level variance

0.03 (0.01–0.10)

0.01 (0.001–0.10)

0.02 (0.003–0.01)

0.003 (5e⁻⁰⁶-1.53)

7.66e⁻³⁵-

Cluster-level variance

0.31^*** (0.23–0.43)

0.31^*** (0.23–0.43)

0.36^*** (0.27–0.50)

0.25^*** (0.17–0.36)

0.22^*** (0.14–0.33)

Household-level variance

0.48^*** (0.26–0.86)

0.47^*** (0.26–0.86)

0.59^*** (0.35–1.01)

0.59^*** (0.35–1.01)

0.57^*** (0.33–0.98)

State-level ICC

0.01

0.003

0.004

0.001

1.88e-35

Cluster-level ICC

0.08

0.08

0.09

0.06

0.05

Household-level ICC

0.20

0.19

0.23

0.20

0.20

Observations

9080

9080

9080

9080

9080

LR chi2

7.702

216.864

303.887

329.704