Preparedness to Combat Determinants of Underweight-Based Child Malnutrition in Flood-Affected Areas of Pakistan

Table 1

Percentage distribution of underweight based malnutrition in preschool and school going children and its association with socioeconomic determinants.

Factors		Malnutrition based on underweight				Chi-square ( value)
		Normal		Underweight
		>-2SD		<-2SD
Gender	Male	290	78.2%	81	21.8%	1.23 (0.266)
	Female	213	74.7%	72	25.3%
Age of child	1-12	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	85.5 (<0.01)
	13-24	19	42.2%	26	57.8%
	25-36	29	46.8%	33	53.2%
	>36	454	83.8%	88	16.2%
Maternal age	15-24	98	59.4%	67	40.6%	38.95 (<0.01)
	25-34	208	80.6%	50	19.4%
	>34	198	85.0%	35	15.0%
Status of the household	Host	453	75.5%	147	24.5%	6.97 (0.008)
	IDP	51	91.1%	5	8.9%
Family type	Joint family	206	73.0%	76	27.0%	3.96 (0.046)
	Individual family	298	79.7%	76	20.3%
Family size	Small	134	80.7%	32	19.3%	5.08 (0.07)
	Medium	218	78.4%	60	21.6%
	Large	151	71.6%	60	28.4%
Father occupation	Not working	26	76.5%	8	23.5%	0.225 (0.894)
	Part time working	25	73.5%	9	26.5%
	Full time working	453	77.0%	135	23.0%
Mother occupation	House wife	480	77.2%	142	22.8%	0.794 (0.672)
	Part time working	10	71.4%	4	28.6%
	Full time working	14	70.0%	6	30.0%
Income	5000-10000	132	72.9%	49	27.1%	3.67 (0.16)
	10001-15000	144	75.4%	47	24.6%
	>15000	228	80.3%	56	19.7%
Father education	Literate	270	78.3%	75	21.7%	0.838 (0.36)
	Illiterate	234	75.2%	77	24.8%
Mother education	Literate	231	81.3%	53	18.7%	5.71 (0.017)
	Illiterate	273	73.4%	99	26.6%
Water quality	Improved	423	78.9%	113	21.1%	7.19 (0.007)
	Not improved	81	67.5%	39	32.5%
District	Charsadda	235	83.9%	45	16.1%	63.5 (<0.01)
	Nowshera	172	62.3%	104	37.7%
	DIK	97	97.0%	3	3.0%
Toilet facility	Flush/pit latrine	361	79.3%	94	20.7%	5.26 (0.022)
	No facility	143	71.1%	58	28.9%