Table 2 Prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting in indigenous children < 60 months, by socioeconomic variables, First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition, Brazil, 2008-2009
N† | Underweight | Stunting | Wasting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence | PR | Prevalence | PR | Prevalence | PR | ||
(%) | (CI 95%) | (%) | (CI 95%) | (%) | (CI 95%) | ||
Household goods index | p < 0.001 ** | p < 0.001 ** | p = 0.25 ** | ||||
1st tertile | 2361 | 8.8 | 2.50 | 35.6 | 2.30 | 1.7 | 1.46 |
(1.68-3.73) | (1.78-2.96) | (0.78-2.72) | |||||
2nd tertile | 2123 | 5.2 | 1.46 | 25.3 | 1.64 | 1.0 | 0.87 |
(1.12-1.89) | (1.36-1.97) | (0.43-1.76) | |||||
3rd tertile | 1571 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 1.2 | 1.00 |
(reference) | (reference) | (reference) | |||||
Regular income | p = 0.02 * | p = 0.003 * | p = 0.67 * | ||||
No | 3535 | 6.5 | 1.33 | 27.9 | 1.23 | 1.3 | 1.10 |
(1.04-1.69) | (1.07-1.42) | (0.70-1.74) | |||||
Yes | 2504 | 4.9 | 1.00 | 22.7 | 1.00 | 1.2 | 1.00 |
(reference) | (reference) | (reference) | |||||
Maternal schooling | p < 0.001 ** | p < 0.001 ** | p = 0.30 ** | ||||
0 years | 1058 | 10.5 | 3.68 | 39.9 | 4.22 | 1.9 | 1.19 |
(1.92-7.06) | (2.96-6.01) | (0.48-2.91) | |||||
1-4 years | 2634 | 6.7 | 2.33 | 29.9 | 3.16 | 1.3 | 0.79 |
(1.43-3.82) | (2.33-4.27) | (0.40-1.57) | |||||
5-9 years | 1521 | 3.3 | 1.16 | 18.1 | 1.92 | 0.8 | 0.50 |
(0.69-1.95) | (1.49-2.46) | (0.17-1.44) | |||||
≥ 10 years | 783 | 2.9 | 1.00 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1.6 | 1.00 |
(reference) | (reference) | (reference) | |||||