Table 2 Results of logistic regression analysis showing effect of pregnancy intention, postnatal depressive symptoms and social support on stunting among children aged 5–21 months in India

Pregnancy Intention

Intended®

Unintended

1.86* (1.35,2.55)

1.76*(1.25,2.48)

Maternal Depression

Non cases®

Cases

1.75* (1.42,2.16)

1.53*(1.21,1.92)

Social Support

Low®

Medium

1.19 (0.91,1.57)

1.26(0.94,1.68)

High

1.12 (0.56,2.22)

1.58(0.80,3.11)

Birth Size

Average and above®

Below Average

2.00* (1.61,2.47)

1.82*(1.44,2.30)

Pre-mature birth

Full-term®

1–2 weak earlier

1.28 (0.85,1.92)

1.61*(1.04,2.49)

3 or more week earlier

2.25* (1.33,3.81)

2.23*(1.22,4.05)

Age (in months)

1.12* (1.09,1.16)

1.14*(1.10,1.18)

Sex of child

Male®

Female

0.90 (0.73,1.11)

0.88(0.71,1.09)

Ever breastfeeding

No®

Yes

1.30 (0.63, 2.67)

1.08(0.53,2.18)

Serious Illness

No®

Yes

1.50* (1.20,1.88)

1.24(0.97,1.58)

Mother’s education

Below primary®

Primary and above

0.51* (0.41, 0.65)

0.80(0.61,1.06)

Mother’s working status

Not working®

Agricultural work

1.65* (1.33,2.06)

1.00 (0.77,1.30)

Other work

1.37 (0.96,1.95)

1.03(0.72,1.48)

Mother’s age at birth of child

<18 year®

18–24 year

0.58* (0.41,0.80)

0.60*(0.43,0.86)

25–29 year

0.52* (0.35,0.77)

0.56*(0.37,0.85)

> = 30 year

0.65 (0.38,1.10)

0.60(0.34,1.05)

Ante natal check-up

No ANC®

<4 ANC

1.11 (0.78,1.57)

1.45(0.68,3.07)

> = 4ANC

0.78 (0.56,1.08)

1.20(0.56,2.57)

Iron folic acid tablet

No IFA®

<90 IFA

0.96 (0.61,1.51)

0.96(0.53,1.76)

> = 90 IFA

0.79 (0.60,1.03)

1.04(0.65,1.67)

Tetanus Injection

<2 TT®

> = 2TT

0.82 (0.61,1.10)

0.86(0.41,1.80)

Household’s head education

Below primary®

Primary and above

0.57* (0.46,0.71)

0.76*(0.58,0.99)

Sex of head of household

Male®

Female

1.23 (0.87,1.72)

1.21(0.82,1.78)

Household size

1.00 (0.96,1.05)

1.03(0.99,1.08)

Wealth index

Poor®

Middle

0.63* (0.50,0.80)

0.72*(0.55,0.93)

Rich

0.38* (0.28,0.50)

0.60*(0.39,0.91)

Drinking water

Improved®

Non improved

1.09 (0.83, 1.43)

0.85(0.63,1.15)

Toilet facility

Improved®

Non-improved

2.14* (1.59,2.89)

0.85(0.52,1.40)

Income socks

No socks®

At least one socks

1.11 (0.90,1.36)

0.77*(0.60,0.99)

Religion

Hindu®

Muslim

0.63 (0.39,1.04)

1.12(0.65,1.95)

Others

1.11 (0.71,1.73)

0.92(0.56,1.50)

Caste

Schedule tribes®

Schedule caste

0.86 (0.63,1.17)

0.97(0.69,1.37)

Other backward caste

0.57* (0.43,0.75)

0.70*(0.51,0.95)

others

0.33* (0.22,0.48)

0.44*(0.28,0.71)

Place of residence

Rural®

Urban

0.49* (0.36,0.66)

1.02(0.63,1.64)