Variables β S.E Z P-value Odds 95% CI. Fixed parts           Lowest Upper Mother’s age               (ref: 45-49) 15-19 0.097 0.151 0.71 0.479 1.102 0.842 1.441 20-24 -0.144 0.117 -1.06 0.288 0.866 0.665 1.129 25-29 -0.2013 0.115 -1.43 0.153 0.817 0.62 1.077 30-34 -0.189 0.1188 -1.32 0.186 0.827 0.624 1.096 35-39 -0.091 0.148 -0.56 0.575 0.913 0.664 1.254 40-44 -0.1497 0.1887 -0.68 0.495 0.861 0.56 1.323 Mother’s Education ref: (more than Secondary)               No Education 0.158 0.074 2.5 0.016* 1.17 1.0346 1.33 Primary 0.2035 0.194 1.29 0.198 1.226 0.899 1.67 Secondary -0.625 0.194 -0.28 0.778 0.9393 0.6074 1.453 Age of child               (ref: 48-59) <6 month -0.0049 0.0785 -0.06 0.874 0.995 0.852 1.1615 6-23 month 0.0165 0.0805 0.21 0.839 1.0166 0.8704 1.187 24-35 month -0.194 0.0675 -2.37 0.015* 0.823 0.701 0.967 36-49 month -0.276 0.064 -3.27 0.001* 0.758 0.642 0.895 Number of child(ref:>= 2)               <2 children -0.1618 0.0611 -2.25 0.031* 0.85 0.7388 0.979 Mother occupation               (ref: Working) Not working 0.2193 0.094 2.9 0.003* 1.245 1.074 1.444 Vitamin A (ref: Yes)               No 0.122 0.0663 2.08 0.037* 1.13 1.007 1.267 Source of water               (ref: other) Pipe and Tube water 0.237 0.081 3.72 0.000* 1.267 1.12 1.436 Surface and Spring -0.0025 0.3586 -0.01 0.927 0.9975 0.493 2.018 Fixed parts               Toilet facility (ref:had toilet)                               No Toilet -0.2118 0.048 -3.55 0.000* 0.81 0.7198 0.9094 Cooking fuels (ref:Other)               Electricity 0.278 0.534 0.69 0.491 1.321 0.5978 2.919 Kerosene 0.42 0.534 1.25 0.211 1.523 0.787 2.946 Charcoal 0.551 0.586 1.63 0.103 1.735 0.895 3.363 Wood 0.445 0.566 1.23 0.22 1.561 0.766 3.181 Animal dung 0.582 0.898 1.16 0.246 1.79 0.669 4.787 Wealth index (ref: Highest)             Lowest -0.04 0.076 -0.5 0.709 0.9 6 0.822 1.123 Second 0.263 0.107 3.2 0.001* 1.3 1.11 1.53 Middle 0.194 0.104 2.26 0.03* 1.214 1.026 1.436 Fourth 0.35 0.147 3.37 0.001* 1.42 1.158 1.738 Body mass index (ref: >= 25)               <18.5 0.953 0.0567 -81 0.42 2.595 0.848 1.071 18.5-24.9 1.1 0.132 0.86 0.391 3.006 0.876 1.401 Random parts               0.56 0.164 3.41 0.001*       0.202 0.069 2.94 0.003*       0.156 0.076 2.052 0.045*       0.404 0.42 0.96 0.33       -0.676 0.33 -2.03 0.046*       -0.773 0.49 -1.57 0.1       ρ(I C C) 0.591 0.02551 2.32 0.02*

(*Significant at 5% level), (ref: reference category) (ICC: Inter-region correlation coefficients)

Table 6: Results of Random coefficient Binary Logistic Regression Analysis.