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Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
COMCEC
Relationships between Poverty and Malnutrition
Multivariate regressions
To disentangle the specific roles played by poverty from other causes of malnutrition, the
results of multivariate regressions of malnutrition are shown i
n Table 6 .Table 6: Correlates of Malnutrition among Children Below 5 Years ofAge, Senegal 2014
(
1
)
(
2
)
(3)
Wasting Stunting
Overweight
Girl
0
7 2
***
0.66***
1.16
(0.09]
(0.07]
(0.30]
Age in months
1.03***
1.03***
0.93***
(
0
.
0 0
]
(
0
.
0 0
]
(
0
.
0 2
]
Wealth index (r: poorest quintile]
Poorer
0.98
0.81
0.51*
(0.16]
(
0
.
1 1
]
(
0
.
2 0
]
Middle
0.76
0.51***
0.75
(0.16]
(0.09]
(0.34]
Richer
0.78
0
4 4
***
0.79
(
0
.
2 0
]
(
0
.
1 0
]
(0.40]
Richest
0.49**
0.33***
0.85
(0.17]
(
0
.
1 0
]
(0.50]
Improved drinking water source
0.90
0.87
1 . 21
(0.14]
(
0
.
1 0
]
(0.39]
Sanitation (r: unimproved sanitation]
Improved sanitation
0 . 8 8
1 . 01
1.14
(
0
.
1 2
]
(
0
.
1 2
]
(0.34]
Mother's age
0.99
0.99*
1 . 01
(
0
.
0 1
]
(
0
.
0 1
]
(
0
.
0 2
]
Mother is working
0.84
1.13
0.72
(
0
.
1 1
]
(0.13]
(
0
.
2 2
]
Rural
1.22
0.93
0.84
(
0
.
2 2
]
(0.14]
(0.33]
Mother's education (r: no education)
Primary education
0.76
0.81
0.78
(0.13]
(
0
.
1 2
]
(0.28]
Secondary education
0.59
0.42***
0.33
(
0
.
2 0
]
(
0
.
1 2
]
(0.25]
Number of children below 5 years of age 1.03
1.07
0.96
(
0
.
0 2
]
(0.06]
(0.06]
Female-headed household
0.96
1. 12
1.36
(0.17]
(0.17]
(0.44]
Age head of household
0.99
0.99
0.99
(
0
.
0 0
]
(
0
.
0 0
]
(
0
.
0 1
]
Education head of household (r: no
education]
74