Research Article
The Relationship between the Neighborhood Safety and Nutritional Status of Children in Baghdad City, Iraq
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of children.
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Variables | Nutritional status | value | Underweight
(%) | Normal
(%) | Overweight and obese
(%) |
| | Gender | | | | | | Male | 23 (10.7) | 109 (50.7) | 83 (38.6) | 0.551a | | Female | 26 (14.1) | 87 (47.0) | 72 (38.9) | | Mother education | | | | | | Low | 10 (16.9) | 28 (47.5) | 21 (35.6) | 0.448a | | High | 39 (11.5) | 166 (49.0) | 134 (39.5) | | Father education | | | | | | Low | 4 (8.7) | 32 (69.6) | 10 (21.7) | | | High | 36 (10.7) | 155 (46.3) | 144 (43.0) | | Mother working status | | | | | | Housewife | 35 (16.8) | 101 (48.6) | 72 (34.6) | | | Working | 14 (7.4) | 93 (48.9) | 83 (43.7) | | Father working status | | | | | | Not working | 6 (42.9) | 6 (42.9) | 2 (14.2) | <0 | | Working | 34 (9.3) | 181 (49.3) | 152 (41.4) | | Family income | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 615,673.46 ± 361,872.29 | ,, | ,, | |
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aChi Square test was performed; bStudent -test was performed, level of significance at value <0.05.
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