Effects of individual, household and community characteristics on child nutritional status in the slums of urban Bangladesh

Table 1 Dependent variables and selected determinants for analysis

Dependent variable	Determinants
Dependent variable	Individual	Household	Community
Stunting	Mother’s age at birth of the child	Socioeconomic status	Urban domain (slum vs. non-slum)
Underweight	Mother’s educational attainment	Length of stay in the current city	Distance from health facility
	Birth order of the child	Sanitation	Availability of Community Health Worker
	Current age of the child	Garbage disposal	Location (City Corporation of Dhaka vs. the rest)
	Mother’s exposure to mass media	Household size
	Mother working outside
	Mother’s NGO membership

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