Adjusted odds ratio assessing association of child loss and anthropometric failures among children (aged 0–5 years) with the Reproductive Health Index of mothers, India, 2005–2006
| Anthropometric failure among children (0–5 years) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHI | Child loss | Stunting | Underweight | Wasting | Any failure |
| Poor | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Average | 0.719* (0.67–0.77) | 0.926† (0.87–0.98) | 0.847* (0.80–0.90) | 0.876* (0.82–0.93) | 0.890* (0.84–0.96) |
| High | 0.593* (0.54–0.65) | 0.807* (0.76–0.86) | 0.685* (0.65–0.73) | 0.762* (0.71–0.82) | 0.780* (0.72–0.83) |
Values in parenthese represent 95% CI.
↵* Significant at the 1% significance level.
↵† Significant at the 5% significance level. The results are adjusted for age, residence, religion, caste, wealth index, educational status, mass media exposure of mothers and region.
Ref, reference category; RHI, Reproductive Health Index.