From: Simultaneous quantile regression and determinants of under-five severe chronic malnutrition in Ghana
Variables | Quantile = 0.1 | Quantile = 0.2 | ||||
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β | 95% CI | p-value | β | 95% CI | p-value | |
Child characteristics | ||||||
Type of birth | ||||||
  Single | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
 Multiple | −0.849 | (−1.202, − 0.53) | < 0.001*** | − 0.847 | (− 1.044, − 0.55) | < 0.001*** |
Sex | ||||||
  Male | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Female | 0.172 | (0.052, 0.267) | 0.013* | 0.153 | (0.062, 0.227) | 0.01* |
Age (months) | −0.015 | (− 0.021, − 0.009) | < 0.001*** | − 0.015 | (− 0.018, − 0.011) | < 0.001*** |
Had diarrhoea | ||||||
  No | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Yes | −0.149 | (− 0.345, − 0.029) | 0.196 | − 0.16 | (− 0.353, − 0.012) | 0.08 |
Place of delivery | ||||||
  Health facility | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Home | −0.199 | (− 0.358, − 0.046) | 0.02* | −0.179 | (− 0.298, − 0.096) | 0.007** |
Size at birth | ||||||
  Large/average | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Small | −0.339 | (− 0.537, − 0.18) | < 0.001*** | −0.373 | (− 0.485, − 0.269) | < 0.001*** |
Maternal/Household | ||||||
Maternal age | 0.016 | (0.006, 0.027) | 0.021* | 0.024 | (0.016, 0.033) | < 0.001*** |
Children < 5 years | − 0.192 | (− 0.352, − 0.034) | 0.038* | −0.224 | (− 0.343, − 0.13) | 0.005** |
Health insurance | ||||||
  Had no health insurance | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Had health insurance | 0.237 | (0.131, 0.386) | 0.002** | 0.304 | (0.21, 0.388) | < 0.001*** |
Wealth status | ||||||
  Average/ rich | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Poor | −0.259 | (−0.398, −0.12) | 0.001** | −0.281 | (− 0.371, − 0.183) | < 0.001*** |
Maternal education | ||||||
  Primary/higher | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  No formal education | −0.358 | (− 0.556, − 0.223) | < 0.001*** | −0.256 | (− 0.349, − 0.124) | 0.001** |