School feeding program has resulted in improved dietary diversity, nutritional status and class attendance of school children

Table 3 Association between enrollment in school feeding program and anthropometric status of school children in Boricha district, Southern Ethiopia, February 2016

Outcome	Simple linear regression			Multiple linear regression^a
Outcome	β coefficient^b	t statistic	p value	β coefficient^b	t statistic	p value
Height-for-age z-score	0.720	4.819	< 0.001	0.735	4.533	< 0.001
BMI-for-age z-score	0.571	5.413	< 0.001	0.563	4. 807	< 0.001

^aadjusted for child age, maternal educational status, mother’s occupation, father’s occupation, household wealth index, size of agricultural land, food insecurity status
^bcoding scheme: 0 = non-beneficiaries, 1 = SFP beneficiaries

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