Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
COMCEC
Relationships between Poverty and Malnutrition
Multivariate Regressions
Table 18 looks at the correlates of child malnutrition to assess the relationships between
poverty-related variables and malnutrition.
Table 18: Correlates of malnutrition among children below 5 years of age, Tajikistan
( 1 ) (2 ) (3)
Wasting Stunting Overweight
Girl 0.89
(0 .1 0 ]
0.96
(0.08]
0.98
(0.16]
Age in months 0.99**
(0 .0 0 ]
1 0 1 ***
(0 .0 0 ]
1 . 00
( 0 .0 1 ]
Wealth index (r: poorest quintile]
Poorer 0.78
(0.13]
0.89
(0 .1 2 ]
0.70
(0.26]
Middle 0.51***
(0.09]
0.63***
(0.09]
1 9 4 **
(0.57]
Richer 0.60***
(0 .1 1 ]
0.73**
(0 .1 1 ]
2.23***
(0.67]
Richest 0.51***
(0 .1 1 ]
0.58***
(0 .1 0 ]
1.96**
( 0 .6 6 ]
Improved drinking water source 0.81
(0 .1 1 ]
1.15
(0 .1 2 ]
2.19***
(0.56]
Sanitation (r: unimproved sanitation]
Improved sanitation 0.77
(0.16]
0.80
(0.13]
3.45**
(1.81]
Mother's age 1.02
(0 .0 1 ]
1.06
(0.04]
1 . 00
( 0 .0 2 ]
Mother is working 1.03
(0.15]
1.07
(0 .1 2 ]
1.07
( 0 .2 2 ]
Rural 0.75*
(0 .1 2 ]
1.08
(0.14]
2.05***
(0.48]
Mother's education (r: no education)
Primary education
0.34***
(0.13]
0.95
(0.38]
0.97
(0.82]
Secondary education 0.28***
(0.09]
1.22
(0.43]
0 . 8 6
(0.64]
Higher education 0.25***
(0.09]
0.93
(0.35]
1.24
(0.95]
Number of children below 5 years of age 1.08*
(0.05]
1.06*
(0.04]
1 . 00
(0.06]
Female-headed household 0.89
(0.14]
0.94
(0 .1 1 ]
1.09
( 0 .2 2 ]
Age head of household 1 .00
(0 .0 0 ]
1. 00
(0 .0 0 ]
0.99
( 0 .0 1 ]
Education head of household (r: no education]
118