Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
th a t th e p -v a lu e lies b e low 1% . It is u su ally c o n s id e re d th a t a p -v a lu e b e low 5 % in d ic a te s th a t
th e d iffe re n ce s a re sta tistica lly sig n ifica n t (o n e s ta r in d ic a te s w e a k sig n ifican ce).
Table 3: Risk Factors of Malnutrition in OICand non-OIC countries
All All All All
OIC non-O IC D ifferen ce
D ev elop ing
OIC
D evelop ing
Non-OIC
D ifferen ce
c o u n trie s co u n trie s in m e a n s c o u n trie s co u n trie s in m e a n s
Economic Development
GDP p e r ca p ita (in
2 0 1 0 USD)
6 7 1 2 1 6 7 6 0 - 1 0 0 4 7 * * * 3 2 6 2 1 5 6 5 9 - 1 2 3 9 7 * * *
R ain fall (m m ) 8 4 7 1 2 3 0 -3 8 3 * * * 8 8 5 1 2 2 6 -3 4 1 * * *
A cce ss to e le c tric ity (% ) 7 1 .0 8 0 .2 -9 3 ** 6 8 . 1 7 9 .0 - 1 0 .8 **
L ite ra c y r a te o f ad u lts
(% ) 7 5 .1 8 6 .7 - 1 1 7 *** 7 2 .4 8 6 . 2 -1 3 .8 * * *
E d u ca tio n e x p e n s e s (%
o f GDP) 3 .9 4 .8 -0 .9 * * * 3 .9 4 .8 - 0 9 ***
F o o d d eficit (k c a l/d a y )
7 6 .8 1 0 5 .8 -2 9 .1 * * 8 2 .0 1 1 0 . 0 -2 7 .9 *
A rab le land (% o f a re a ) 1 3 .4 1 3 .9 -0 . 6 1 4 .9 1 4 .0 0 .9
G row th o f food
p ro d u ctio n sin ce 2 0 0 4 ­
0 6 (% )
3 0 .0 1 6 .5 1 3 .5 * * * 2 7 .3 1 7 .1 1 0 .2 ***
Health, water and
sanitation
% D efecate in op en 1 4 .0 8 .4 5 .6 * * 1 5 .1 9 .0 6 .1 **
C om m u n ity h ealth
w o rk e rs (p e r 1 , 0 0 0 ) 0 .3 2 0 .8 7 -0 .5 4 * 0 .3 4 0 .9 2 -0 .5 8 *
% co n sum e iod ized s a lt
5 4 .9 6 8 .3 -1 3 .3 * * * 5 4 .7 6 8 .9 - 1 4 .2 * * *
% d ia b e te s
8 . 2 8 .7 -0 .5 7 .0 8 . 6 - 1 .6 **
% ch ild re n
re c e iv in g o ral
re h y d ra tio n and
co n tin u al feed in g
4 4 .2 4 9 .5 -5 .3 * * 4 3 .7 4 9 .1 -5 .5 * *
% ch ild re n re ce iv in g
ORS p a c k e ts a g a in s t
d ia rrh o e a
3 7 .7 4 1 .0 -3 .3 3 8 .1 4 0 .8 -2 .7
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