Malnutrition in the OIC Member
Countries: A Trap for Poverty
COMCEC
Relationships between Poverty and Malnutrition
Multivariate Regressions
elow presents the results of multivariate regressions of child malnutrition in Egypt in
2014.
Table 9: Correlates of Malnutrition among Children below 5 Years ofAge, Egypt 2014
( 1 ) (2 ) (3)
Wasting Stunting Overweight
Girl 0.82**
(0.07]
0.82***
(0.04]
0.98
(0.06]
Age in months 0.99*
(0 .0 0 ]
1 .0 0 **
( 0 .0 0 ]
0 9 9 ***
( 0 .0 0 ]
Wealth index (r: poorest quintile]
Poorer 0.93
(0.14]
1. 02
(0.09]
0.83*
(0.09]
Middle 1.15
(0.17]
0 . 8 6
(0.80]
0.89
( 0 .1 0 ]
Richer 1.39*
(0.23]
0.85
(0.09]
0.84
( 0 .1 1 ]
Richest 1.40*
(0.28]
0.78*
( 0 .1 0 ]
0.89
(0.14]
Improved drinking water source 0.84
(0.15]
0.75**
(0.08]
0.82
( 0 .1 1 ]
Sanitation (r: unimproved sanitation]
Improved sanitation 0.82*
(0.09]
1.15**
(0.08]
1 4 0 ***
( 0 .1 1 ]
Mother's age 1 . 00
(0.07]
0 9 8 ***
(0.01]
0.99*
( 0 .0 1 ]
Mother is working 0.92
(0 .1 2 ]
1.07
(0.09]
1.06
( 0 .1 0 ]
Rural 0.92
(0 .1 2 ]
0 .8 6 *
(0.07]
0.94
( 0 .1 0 ]
Mother's education (r: no education)
Primary education 1.23
(0 .2 0 ]
0.98
( 0 .1 0 ]
0.92
( 0 .1 2 ]
Secondary education 0.98
(0 .1 2 ]
0 7 4 ***
(0.06]
0.90
(0.09]
Higher education 1.19
(0 .2 2 ]
0.82*
( 0 .1 0 ]
0.96
(0.14]
Number of children below 5 years of age 0.99
(0.06]
1.04
(0.04]
0.97
(0.04]
Female-headed household 0.97
(0.24]
0.98
(0.15]
0 . 8 6
(0.17]
Age head of household 1 . 00
(0.04]
1 . 00
( 0 .0 0 ]
1. 00
( 0 .0 0 ]
Education head of household (r: no education]
86