Table 4 Under nutrition and gender: adjusted prevalence ratios (95 % CI)

 Female

1.18 (1.03, 1.36)

1.04 (0.99, 1.15)

1.14 (1.03, 1.26)

 Early childhood ^a

–

–

–

 Infants weaned early ^a

–

–

–

 Infants weaned late ^a

–

–

–

 None/incomplete immunization

–

–

–

 Reported ill

–

1.16 (1.04, 1.30)

–

 Illiterate mother

1.21 (1.01, 1.46)

–

1.20 (1.02, 1.41)

 ≥4 live children

–

–

–

 Poor maternal health

–

–

–

 Low SES ^b

–

–

–

 Middle SES ^b

–

–

–

 Health facility at ≥ 3 km

0.91 (0.77, 1.07)

1.04 (0.96, 1.11)

0.93 (0.79, 1.09)

 Non-piped water supply

1.14 (0.92, 1.41)

1.07 (0.98, 1.16)

1.15 (0.98, 1.35)

 No girls’ school

0.97 (0.79, 1.18)

0.98 (0.90, 1.07)

1.02 (0.86, 1.21)

 Log Likelihood

−680.73

−530.34

−679.70

 R-Square ^c

0.009

0.004

0.008