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Table 2 COR and AOR with 95% CI between wasting and household food insecurity and socio-demographic characteristics

From: Association between wasting and food insecurity among children under five years: findings from Nepal demographic health survey 2016

Variables

COR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

 

Lower

Upper

 

Lower

Upper

Household food Insecurity (N = 2414)

 Mild

1.08

0.75

1.54

0.98

0.64

1.49

 Moderate

1.24

0.75

2.06

1.13

0.65

1.97

 Severe

1.38

0.80

2.38

1.36

0.72

2.57

 Secure

1

  

1

  

Wealth quintile (N = 2412)

 Poorest

1.226

0.68

2.22

1.00

0.42

2.34

 Poorer

1.316

0.72

2.40

0.87

0.41

1.83

 Middle

1.513

0.88

2.60

0.86

0.45

1.66

 Richer

1.625

0.89

2.95

1.15

0.60

2.23

 Richest

1

  

1

  

Sex of child (N = 2414)

 Female

1.03

0.75

1.42

1.05

0.75

1.46

 Male

1

  

1

  

Mother’s education (N = 2360)

 No education

1.84

1.08

3.12

1.35

0.71

2.59

 Primary

1.27

0.68

2.37

1.04

0.52

2.07

 Secondary

1.21

0.68

2.16

1.07

0.57

2.03

 Higher

1

  

1

  

Place of residence (N = 2414)

 Rural

1.13

0.82

1.56

0.99

0.72

1.36

 Urban

1

  

1

  

Province (N = 2414)

 Province 1

2.18

1.06

4.50

2.06

1.01

4.19

 Province 2

2.74

1.46

5.14

2.45

1.22

4.95

 Province 3

0.70

0.30

1.64

0.64

0.27

1.53

 Province 4

1.34

0.67

2.69

1.24

0.61

2.49

 Province 5

1.32

0.63

2.76

1.15

0.55

2.40

 Province 6

1.66

0.82

3.37

1.54

0.75

3.15

 Province 7

1

  

1

  
  1. Children who slept in the household the night before the survey were selected for analysis. Data weighted according to DHS recommendations [17]. Complex sample analysis method was used to account for the study design and sample weight