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

Table 6

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

Characteristics	Stunting status (%)		value	Robust standard error	RR 95% CI
	Stunted	Normal
Education of father
Illiterate	86 (72.9)	32 (27.1)	<0.001	0.031	1.67 (1.41-1.97)
Literate	132 (43.7)	170 (56.3)			1
Education of mother
Illiterate	138 (77.1)	41 (22.9)	<0.001	0.029	2.32 (1.91-2.83)
Literate	80 (33.2)	161 (66.8)			1
Occupation of mother
Homemaker	101 (40.4)	149 (59.6)	<0.001	0.030	0.59 (0.49-0.70)
Other than homemaker	117 (68.8)	53 (31.2)			1
Treatment of drinking water
Yes	9 (25.7)	26 (74.3)	0.001	0.061	0.32 (0.15-0.67)
No	209 (54.3)	176 (45.7)			1
Latrine in household
Yes	188 (50.4)	185 (49.6)	0.083	0.046	0.94 (0.88-1.01)
No	30 (63.8)	17 (36.2)			1
Household food insecurity
Yes	214 (61.0)	137 (39.0)	<0.001	0.031	10.52 (4.05-27.33)
No	4 (5.8)	65 (94.2)			1

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