Household food insecurity access: a predictor of overweight and underweight among Kenyan women

Table 3 Inter-correlation of variables associated with nutritional status among women in Narok County, Kenya (n = 649)

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Marital status^∞	––
2. Education^α	–0.054	––
3. HFIAS	–0.004	0.022	––
4. SOL	0.004	–0.002	–0.280**	––
5. HDDS	–0.020	0.048	–0.127**	0.266**	––
6. Residence^β	0.047	0.137**	0.098*	–0.408*	–0.068	––
7. Underweight^μ	0.044	0.146**	0.078*	–0.162**	–0.037	0.140**	––
8. Overweight^ƛ	0.038	–0.052	–0.133**	0.257**	0.042	–0.169**	–0.178**	––
9. No of children	0.12**	0.138**	0.167*	–0.305**	–0.154**	0.253**	–0.055	0.082*	––

Note: *P <0.05; **P <0.01, HFIAS: Household food insecurity access scale, SOL: Standard of living, HDDS: Household dietary diversity score.
Score. ^∞1 = married, 0 = single, divorced/separated; ^α1 = post-primary level, 0 = primary and lower level; ^β1 = urban, 2 = rural; ^μ1 = underweight, 0 = not underweight; ^ƛ1 = overweight, 0 = not overweight.

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