Prevalence of Stunting among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Kemba Woreda, Southern Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Factors associated with stunting among mothers who have 6–23 months of young child in Kemba Woreda in 2014/15.

Explanatory variable	Chronic nutritional status		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
	Normal (%)	Stunted (%)
Residence
Rural	159 (77.6)	46 (22.4)	1.50 (1.04–3.33)	1.34 (0.82–2.19)	0.24
Urban	298 (83.5)	59 (16.5)	1	1
Sex of child
Male	204 (74.2)	69 (25.8)	2.43 (1.56–3.80)	2.50 (1.60–4.01)	0.001
Female	253 (87.5)	36 (12.5)	1
Age of mother
19	74 (76.3)	23 (23.7)	1	1
20–24	144 (87.3)	21 (12.7)	1.03 (0.60–1.74)	1.15 (0.647–2.08)	0.620
25–30	203 (79.3)	53 (20.7)	1.20 (0.74–1.95)	0.97 (0.54–1.75)	0.924
31	36 (81.8)	8 (18.2)	1.96 (0.94–4.09)	(1.07–6.35)	0.035
Maternal education level
No formal education	102 (75.6)	33 (24.4)	3.08 (1.98–4.79)	(1.63–4.69)	0.001
Primary education	199 (80.9)	47 (19.1)	1.72 (1.15–2.57)	1.42 (0.89–2.25)
Secondary and above	156 (86.2)	25 (13.8)	1	1
Occupational status
Daily laborer	16 (72.7)	6 (17.3)	3.55 (1.40–9.09)	(1.03–9.12)	0.045
Private (merchant, farmers)	216 (80.9)	51 (19.1)	0.41 (0.28–0.59)	(1.61–3.53)	0.001
Government worker	30 (88.2)	4 (11.8)	0.34 (0.12–0.96)	0.44 (0.16–1.18)	0.103
Housewife	195 (81.6)	44 (18.4)	1	1
Media exposure
Yes	251 (83.7)	49 (16.3)	1
No	206 (78.6)	56 (21.4)	1.91 (1.35–2.69)	0.86 (0.53–1.39)	0.54
Place of delivery
Home	153 (78.9)	41 (21.1)	1.25 (0.87–1.78)	1.41 (0.89–2.24)	0.14
Health facility	304 (82.6)	64 (17.4)	1	1
ANC followup
Yes	404 (81.3)	93 (18.7)	1	1
No	53 (81.5)	12 (18.5)	1.66 (0.95–2.89)	0.82 (0.44–1.57)	0.55
PNC followup
Yes	132 (84.1)	25 (15.9)	1	1
No	325 (80.2)	80 (19.8)	1.80 (1.48–3.2)	(1.05–2.55)	0.029
Maternal illness
Yes	19 (79.2)	5 (20.8)	1.40 (0.99–1.96)	(1.05–2.32)	0.027
No	437 (81.4)	100 (18.6)	1	1

Significant factors.