Table 3 Final models exploring the relationship between food access insecurity score and two measures of growth faltering, controlling for indicators of SES
From: Household food access and child malnutrition: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study
| Â | Height-for-age | Weight-for-height | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Full model | Final model | Full model | Final model |
Intercept (Tanzania as reference) | −1.96 (<0.001) | −2.20 (<0.001) | 0.71 (0.003) | 0.51 (0.007) |
Bangladesh | −0.09 (0.73) | −0.14 (0.53) | −1.02 (<0.001) | −1.04 (<0.001) |
Brazil | 1.57 (<0.001) | 1.52 (<0.001) | 0.56 (0.02) | 0.55 (<0.001) |
Peru | 0.16 (0.50) | 0.14 (0.51) | 0.30 (0.19) | 0.27 0.09) |
India | 0.50 (0.03) | 0.48 (0.03) | −1.26 (<0.001) | −1.37 (<0.001) |
Pakistan | 0.18 (0.48) | 0.14 (0.56) | −0.97 (<0.001) | −1.07 (<0.001) |
Nepal | 0.18 (0.47) | 0.12 (0.55) | 0.33 (0.17) | 0.28 (0.06) |
South Africa | −0.10 (0.68) | −0.16 (0.40) | 0.88 (<0.001) | 0.85 (<0.001) |
Food access insecurity score (effect per unit score) | −0.020 (0.009) | −0.020 (0.008) | 0.011 (0.13) | 0.010 (0.13) |
Age | −0.005 (0.24) |  | −0.01 (0.005) | −0.01 (0.004) |
Sex | −0.03 (0.71) |  | −0.08 (0.30) |  |
Water Source‡ | 0.38 (0.03) | 0.37 (0.03) | −0.16 (0.33) |  |
Sanitation Facility‡ | −0.03 (0.81) |  | 0.12 (0.35) |  |
Maternal education (years) | 0.02 (0.06) | 0.02 (0.06) | −0.005 (0.69) |  |
Bank account | −0.06 (0.57) |  | −0.05 (0.62) |  |
People per room | −0.06 (0.03) | −0.06 (0.03) | −0.02 (0.53) |  |
Adjusted R2 | 20.3% | 20.6% | 35.1% | 35.2% |