Food Insecurity and Not Dietary Diversity Is a Predictor of Nutrition Status in Children within Semiarid Agro-Ecological Zones in Eastern Kenya

Table 4

Nutritional status of women respondent in relation to selected sociodemographic and economic characteristics.

Characteristics	Underweight		Normal/overweight		OR	95% CI		value
		%		%		Lower	Upper
Age in years
15–30	28	15.8	149	84.2	1.38	0.67	2.85	0.385
31–46	12	12.0	88	88.0	1.00
Education level
Primary and below	37	16.5	187	83.5	3.23	0.96	10.9	0.050
Secondary and above	3	5.77	49	94.2	1.00
Marital status
Never married	3	11.5	23	88.5	1.43	0.13	15.4	0.766
Married	36	15.5	197	84.5	2.01	0.25	16.1	0.510
Separated/divorced/widowed	1	8.33	11	91.7	1.00
Ecological zone
LM4	23	16.7	115	83.3	1.44	0.73	2.82	0.294
LM5	17	12.2	122	87.8	1.00
Dietary diversity score
Low	12	14.3	72	85.7	0.94	0.24	3.72	0.935
Medium	25	14.5	148	85.5	0.96	0.26	3.51	0.947
High	3	15.0	17	85.0	1.00
Household food security
Food secure	1	5.56	17	94.4	1.00
Moderately food insecure	3	15.8	16	84.2	3.19	0.30	33.89	0.336
Food insecure	36	15.1	203	84.9	3.01	0.39	23.36	0.291
Household size
3-4 people	4	11.8	30	88.2	1.00
5-6 people	13	13.0	87	87.0	1.12	0.34	3.70	0.852
7 people	23	16.1	120	83.9	1.44	0.46	4.47	0.531

Education level of woman.