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Table 3 Logistic regression results, full sample

From: Using the Uganda National Panel Survey to analyze the effect of staple food consumption on undernourishment in Ugandan children

Number of obs (n): 6101

Number of children: 3427

 

Stunting

Wasting

 

Coef.

(std. error)

Odds Ratio

(95% C.I.)

Coef.

(std error)

Odds Ratio

(95% C.I.)

SBS

0.007*

(0.002)

1.007

(1.002, 1.011)

0.011*

(0.005)

1.011

(1.001, 1.021)

Food insecurity

0.152

(0.098)

1.165

(0.960, 1.412)

0.332

(0.198)

1.393

(0.944, 2.056)

Spending

−0.005*

(0.002)

0.995

(0.991, 0.998)

−0.001

(0.002)

0.999

(0.995, 1.004)

Household head

−0.075

(0.159)

0.928

(0.680, 1.266)

−0.151

(0.302)

0.860

(0.476, 1.553)

Average age

−0.008

(0.008)

0.992

(0.977, 1.007)

−0.010

(0.017)

0.990

(0.958, 1.023)

Household occupants

−0.029

(0.023)

0.971

(0.928, 1.016)

−0.048

(0.041)

0.953

(0.879, 1.034)

Percent female

0.000

(0.003)

1.000

(0.995, 1.005)

0.001

(0.005)

1.001

(0.991, 1.012)

Urban

−0.709*

(0.169)

0.492

(0.354, 0.685)

−0.329

(0.306)

0.720

(0.395, 1.312)

Father present

0.205

(0.152)

1.227

(0.911, 1.653)

0.223

(0.308)

1.250

(0.684, 2.287)

Mother present

−0.325*

(0.162)

0.723

(0.526, 0.992)

0.179

(0.340)

1.196

(0.615, 2.327)

Household head educated

0.009

(0.104)

1.009

(0.823, 1.238)

−0.402*

(0.205)

0.669

(0.447, 1.000)

Male

0.404*

(0.098)

1.498

(1.237, 1.815)

0.445*

(0.184)

1.560

(1.087, 2.240)

Region Indicators

x

x

Year Indicators

x

x

Log pseudolikelihood

−3053.290

−807.927

Wald X2 =

88.13

56.79

Prob > X2 =

0.000

0.000

  1. *indicates p < 0.05. Heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors are clustered at the person-level. OR = ecoef = ratio of the odds of stunting/wasting after a unit increase in the corresponding covariate to the odds before the increase