Table 3 Crude prevalence ratios for under-nutrition (confidence intervals adjusted for clustered design)

 Female

1.19 (1.03, 1.37)

1.05 (0.99, 1.12)

1.13 (1.02, 1.27)

 Early childhood ^a

0.89 (0.76, 1.04)

1.04 (0.95, 1.13)

1.07 (0.89, 1.27)

 Infants weaned late ^a

0.88 ( 0.69, 1.11)

0.98 (0.88, 1.09)

0.97 ( 0.72, 1.31)

 Infants weaned early ^a

0.99 (0.82, 1.20)

0.93 (0.81, 1.06)

1.02 (0.79, 1.30)

 None/incomplete immunization

1.01 (0.84, 1.22)

0.96 (0.87, 1.07)

0.88 (0.76, 1.02)

 Reported ill

0.95 (0.79, 1.15)

1.17 (1.05, 1.31)

0.83 (0.65, 1.06)

 Illiterate mother

1.25 (1.03, 1.52)

0.99 (0.91, 1.07)

1.25 (1.06, 1.47)

 ≥4 live children

0.98 (0.85, 1.14)

1.01 (0.94, 1.09)

1.01 (0.88, 1.16)

 Poor maternal health

0.98 (0.83, 1.15)

1.05 (0.97, 1.13)

1.04 (0.91, 1.18)

 Households of low SES ^b

1.05 (0.89, 1.24)

1.04 (0.93, 1.14)

0.95 (0.78, 1.14)

 Households of middle SES ^b

1.03 (0.87, 1.23)

1.07 (0.98, 1.17)

1.10 (0.94, 1.29)

 Health facility at ≥ 3 km

0.86 (0.71, 1.03)

1.01 (0.94, 1.09)

0.87 (0.74, 1.03)

 Non-piped water supply

0.84 (0.67, 1.06)

0.93 (0.86, 1.01)

1.20 (1.01, 1.43)

 No girls’ school

0.96 (0.75, 1.22)

0.99 (0.90, 1.09)

0.99 (0.79, 1.23)