From: Simultaneous quantile regression and determinants of under-five severe chronic malnutrition in Ghana
Variables | Quantile = 0.1 | Quantile = 0.9 | ||||
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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*** | − 0.334 | (− 0.457, 0.150) | 0.044* |
Sex | ||||||
  Male | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Female | 0.172 | (0.052, 0.267) | 0.013* | 0.049 | (−0.085, 0.168) | 0.505 |
Age (months) | −0.015 | (−0.021, − 0.009) | < 0.001*** | −0.023 | (− 0.027, − 0.020) | < 0.001*** |
Had diarrhoea | ||||||
  No | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Yes | −0.149 | (− 0.345, − 0.029) | 0.196 | − 0.249 | (− 0.418, − 0.044) | 0.013* |
Place of delivery | ||||||
  Health facility | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Home | −0.199 | (− 0.358, − 0.046) | 0.02* | − 0.100 | (− 0.241, 0.068) | 0.283 |
Size at birth | ||||||
  Large/average | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Small | −0.339 | (−0.537, − 0.18) | < 0.001*** | − 0.397 | (− 0.530, − 0.233) | < 0.001*** |
Maternal/Household | ||||||
Maternal age | 0.016 | (0.006, 0.027) | 0.021* | 0.035 | (0.024, 0.045) | < 0.001*** |
Children < 5 years | −0.192 | (−0.352, − 0.034) | 0.038* | −0.338 | (− 0.459, − 0.193) | 0.001** |
Health insurance | ||||||
  Had no health insurance | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Had health insurance | 0.237 | (0.131, 0.386) | 0.002** | 0.294 | (0.164, 0.422) | < 0.001*** |
Wealth status | ||||||
  Average/ rich | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  Poor | −0.259 | (−0.398, −0.12) | 0.001** | −0.250 | (− 0.390, − 0.124) | 0.004** |
Maternal education | ||||||
  Primary/higher | ref |  |  | ref |  |  |
  No formal education | −0.358 | (−0.556, − 0.223) | < 0.001*** | −0.052 | (− 0.208, − 0.116) | 0.591 |