Does Household Food Insecurity Affect the Nutritional Status of Preschool Children Aged 6–36 Months?

Table 7

Determinants of mean HAZ.

Determinant	N	Mean	Std. deviation	95% Confidence interval for mean		Test statistic
				Lower bound	Upper bound
Wealth
Low	95	−1.63	1.44	−1.93	−1.34	F(1, 333) = 4.3, 𝑃=0.04
High	239	−1.27	1.46	−1.45	−1.08
Total	334	−1.37	1.46	−1.53	−1.21
Maternal BMI
Underweight	23	−1.40	1.32	−1.98	−.83	F(1, 334) = 3.8, 𝑃=0.01
Normal	208	−1.48	1.48	−1.68	−1.28
Overweight	77	−1.37	1.33	−1.67	−1.06
Obese	27	−0.48	1.56	−1.10	0.14
Total	335	−1.37	1.46	−1.52	−1.21
FCS
Food secure	266	−1.29	1.41	−1.45	−1.12	F(1, 334) = 4.1, 𝑃=0.04
Food insecure	69	−1.68	1.64	−2.08	−1.29
Total	335	−1.37	1.46	−1.52	−1.21
HDDS
<15 (Low)	203	−1.51	1.49	−1.71	−1.30	F(1, 333) = 4.6, 𝑃=0.03
15–21 (High)	131	−1.16	1.41	−1.40	−0.92
Total	334	−1.37	1.46	−1.53	−1.21
Potable water sources
Protected	262	−1.26	1.47	−1.44	−1.09	F(1, 332) = 7.0, 𝑃=0.008
Unprotected	71	−1.78	1.37	−2.10	−1.46
Total	333	−1.37	1.46	−1.53	−1.22