Nutritional Status of Children and Its Associated Factors in Selected Earthquake-Affected VDCs of Gorkha District, Nepal

Table 5

Factors associated with underweight in using log-binomial regression model.

Characteristics	Underweight status (%)		value	Robust standard error	RR 95% CI
	Underweight	Normal weight
Sex
Male	73 (36.9)	125 (63.1)	0.039	0.034	1.34 (1.01-1.78)
Female	61 (27.5)	161 (72.5)			1
Family size
>5 persons	70 (35.0)	130 (65.0)	0.194	0.034	1.14 (0.93-1.41)
≤5 persons	64 (29.1)	156 (70.9)			1
Education of father
Illiterate	54 (45.8)	64 (54.2)	0.001	0.037	1.73 (1.32-2.27)
Literate	80 (26.5)	222 (73.5)			1
Education of mother
Illiterate	87 (48.6)	92 (51.4)	<0.001	0.033	2.49 (1.85-3.36)
Literate	47 (19.5)	194 (80.5)			1
Occupation of mother
Homemaker	39 (15.6)	211 (84.4)	<0.001	0.031	0.28 (0.20-0.38)
Other than homemaker	95 (55.9)	75 (44.1)			1
Source of drinking water
Nonimproved source	10 (55.6)	8 (44.4)	0.028	0.026	2.60 (1.07-6.60)
Improved source	124 (30.8)	278 (69.2)			1
Treatment of drinking water
Yes	6 (17.1)	29 (82.9)	0.50	0.026	0.44 (0.18-1.03)
No	128 (33.2)	257 (66.8)			1
Household food insecurity
Yes	132 (37.6)	219 (62.4)	<0.001	0.027	12.97 (3.29-51.18)
No	2 (2.9)	67 (97.1)			1

^*Significant at . 1: reference category; RR: risk ratio.