Research Article
The Relationship between the Neighborhood Safety and Nutritional Status of Children in Baghdad City, Iraq
Table 2
Relationship between neighbourhood safety variables and children nutritional status.
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Variables | Nutritional status | valuea | Underweight
(%) | Normal
(%) | Overweight and obese
(%) |
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Did that unstable security situation affect your daily life? | | | A lot of times | 15 (19.7) | 30 (39.5) | 31 (40.8) | 0.034 | | Sometimes | 29 (10.8) | 131 (48.7) | 109 (40.5) | | Never | 5 (9.1) | 35 (63.6) | 15 (27.3) | |
Did you hear gun shots in your neighborhood during the last month? | | | A lot of times | 8 (13.1) | 26 (42.6) | 27 (44.3) | <0.001 | | Sometimes | 37 (14.0) | 146 (55.3) | 81 (30.7) | | Never | 4 (5.3) | 24 (32.0) | 47 (62.7) | |
Did you hear explosions in your neighborhood during the last month? | | | A lot of times | 8 (13.1) | 29 (47.5) | 24 (39.4) | 0.023 | | Sometimes | 38 (15.2) | 125 (50.0) | 87 (34.8) | | Never | 3 (3.4) | 42 (47.2) | 44 (49.4) | |
Did you see any dead bodies in your neighborhood during the last month? | | | A lot of times | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 | | Sometimes | 27 (30.7) | 37 (42.0) | 24 (27.3) | | Never | 20 (6.5) | 155 (50.7) | 131 (42.8) | |
Did your child witness any explosions in your neighborhood? | | | A lot of times | 4 (40.0) | 4 (40.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0.024 | | Sometimes | 27 (14.8) | 84 (45.9) | 72 (39.3) | | Never | 18 (8.7) | 108 (52.2) | 81 (39.1) | |
Did your child face any problems like closed roads in going to school during the last month? | | | A lot of times | 12 (54.5) | 6 (27.3) | 4 (18.2) | <0.001 | | Sometimes | 25 (13.2) | 82 (43.1) | 83 (43.7) | | Never | 12 (6.4) | 108 (57.4) | 68 (36.2) | |
Do you worry about child safety when they go to school? | | | A lot of times | 23 (18.4) | 57 (45.6) | 45 (36.0) | 0.082 | | Sometimes | 17 (8.5) | 99 (49.2) | 85 (42.3) | | Never | 9 (12.2) | 40 (54.0) | 25 (33.8) | |
Did your child miss any school days because of neighborhood safety issues? | | | A lot of times | 6 (37.4) | 5 (31.3) | 5 (31.3) | 0.030 | | Sometimes | 27 (11.0) | 119 (48.4) | 100 (40.6) | | Never | 16 (11.6) | 72 (52.2) | 50 (36.2) | |
Do you ever think of leaving your neighborhood? | | | A lot of times | 9 (20.5) | 22 (50.0) | 13 (29.5) | 0.084 | | Sometimes | 26 (12.7) | 90 (44.1) | 88 (43.2) | | Never | 14 (9.2) | 84 (55.3) | 54 (35.5) | |
Do you think that your neighborhood area is insecure? | | | A lot of times | 10 (37.0) | 10 (37.0) | 7 (26.0) | <0.001 | | Sometimes | 21 (10.1) | 88 (42.3) | 99 (47.6) | | Never | 18 (10.9) | 98 (59.4) | 49 (29.7) |
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aPearson Chi Square test was performed; level of significance is at .
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