Table 2

Unadjusted and adjusted relative risk of orphan status on stunting outcome

(1)(2)(3)
Generalised linear model
Generalised linear modelAdjusted
Generalised linear modelAdjusted with controls
Unadjustedwith survey fixed effectsand survey fixed effects
Orphan statusMaternal orphan1.5421.4831.313
Both parents alive (reference group)(1.394 to 1.706)(1.342 to 1.639)(1.189 to 1.450)
Paternal orphan1.1371.0840.980
(1.074 to 1.203)(1.025 to 1.147)(0.929 to 1.034)
double orphan1.3431.2411.227
(0.992 to 1.817)(0.912 to 1.689)(0.913 to 1.649)
Age in months (continuous)age in months1.055
(1.053 to 1.056)
Wealth quintilesPoor0.916
Poorest (reference group)(0.900 to 0.933)
Middle0.880
(0.864 to 0.897)
Rich0.807
(0.790 to 0.825)
Richest0.691
(0.671 to 0.711)
Highest education in the householdPrimary0.953
No education (reference group)(0.933 to 0.973)
Secondary0.830
(0.811 to 0.850)
Higher0.659
(0.634 to 0.686)
LocationRural1.067
Urban (ref)(1.046 to 1.089)
GenderFemale0.814
Male (ref)(0.804 to 0.824)
Constant0.2930.3000.212
(0.291 to 0.296)(0.260 to 0.346)(0.182 to 0.246)
Observations222 690222 690222 690
Survey FENoYesYes
  • Relative risk ratios reported, and 95% CIs below in parentheses.

  • FE, fixed effects.