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Table 3 Results of logistics regressions on the childhood stunting

From: Mothers’ autonomy and childhood stunting: evidence from semi-urban communities in Lao PDR

Outcome variable: whether the child is stunted (=1) or not (=0)

Model

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Mother’s autonomy

 Self-efficacy: health

 

0.15

     
 

(0.007)***

     

 Self-efficacy: money

  

1.05

    
  

(0.909)

    

 Self-esteem

   

0.11

   
   

(0.025)**

   

 Decision-making

    

2.66

  
    

(0.207)

  

 Freedom of mobility

     

1.10

 
     

(0.902)

 

 Control of money

      

0.11

      

(0.041)**

Childa

 Female

0.13

0.06

0.13

0.09

0.11

0.13

0.08

(0.004)***

(0.002)***

(0.004)***

(0.001)***

(0.002)***

(0.004)***

(0.015)**

 Age (month)

  12–23b

       

  24–35

3.69

2.33

3.74

6.43

4.35

3.72

2.75

(0.270)

(0.512)

(0.262)

(0.203)

(0.217)

(0.275)

(0.403)

  36–47

0.18

0.14

0.18

0.18

0.24

0.18

0.02

(0.112)

(0.084)*

(0.117)

(0.137)

(0.172)

(0.113)

(0.054)*

  48–59

0.75

0.49

0.76

0.80

0.86

0.75

0.28

(0.770)

(0.510)

(0.786)

(0.841)

(0.877)

(0.774)

(0.364)

Mother

 Age (year)

  17–25b

       

  26–30

1.92

3.36

1.91

2.61

1.73

1.93

4.27

(0.471)

(0.228)

(0.476)

(0.349)

(0.563)

(0.468)

(0.315)

  31–35

0.23

0.48

0.23

0.32

0.29

0.23

0.14

(0.219)

(0.569)

(0.219)

(0.342)

(0.279)

(0.231)

(0.110)

  36–46

0.32

0.48

0.32

0.26

0.35

0.33

0.43

(0.282)

(0.519)

(0.283)

(0.246)

(0.335)

(0.286)

(0.523)

 Educational level

  Preschool/Primaryb

       

  Lower secondary

0.24

0.55

0.24

0.26

0.32

0.25

0.10

(0.106)

(0.517)

(0.117)

(0.138)

(0.219)

(0.111)

(0.048)**

  Upper secondary

0.71

2.03

0.71

1.03

0.80

0.73

0.78

(0.681)

(0.468)

(0.680)

(0.972)

(0.780)

(0.722)

(0.806)

  College/University

0.26

0.20

0.26

0.33

0.24

0.26

0.56

(0.210)

(0.218)

(0.211)

(0.326)

(0.229)

(0.209)

(0.571)

 Height

0.78

0.75

0.78

0.73

0.79

0.78

0.73

(0.006)***

(0.003)***

(0.006)***

(0.001)***

(0.009)***

(0.006)***

(<0.001)***

Household’s asset

 Lowestb

       

 Lower middle

0.73

0.26

0.73

0.66

0.68

0.73

0.49

(0.727)

(0.163)

(0.728)

(0.674)

(0.701)

(0.728)

(0.549)

 Upper middle

0.53

0.33

0.52

1.23

0.47

0.52

0.36

(0.485)

(0.330)

(0.462)

(0.812)

(0.386)

(0.465)

(0.351)

 Highest

0.36

0.20

0.36

0.41

0.39

0.36

0.17

(0.356)

(0.206)

(0.352)

(0.470)

(0.374)

(0.364)

(0.182)

 Observations

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92

92

92

92

92

92

  1. Estimated coefficients are odds ratio (OR). p-value in parenthesis
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
  3. aChildren under 12 months are not included in the sample
  4. bReference group, Estimated results for the village dummies are omitted from the table
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