High Prevalence of Undernutrition among Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Factors associated with stunting among children aged 6–59 months, Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia.

Variables	Nutritional status (stunting)		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Stunted	Not stunted
Age of the child
6–11	38	36	1.35 (0.76, 2.41)	1.37 (0.85, 1.58)
12–23	80	101	1.02 (0.64, 1.61)	1.00 (0.61, 1.66)
24–35	85	89	1.22 (0.77, 1.94)	1.15 (0.70, 1.89)
36–47	66	89	0.95 (0.59, 1.53)	0.90 (0.54, 1.48)
48–59	54	69	1.00	1.00
Mothers’ educational status
Illiterate	95	125	0.92 (0.65, 1.32)	1.04 (0.65, 1.64)
Primary	103	107	1.17 (0.82, 1.68)	1.24 (0.83, 1.84)
Secondary and above	125	152	1.00	1.00
Husbands’ educational status
Illiterate	38	47	0.90 (0.56, 1.46)	0.93 (0.51, 1.69)
Primary	140	175	0.89 (0.65, 1.23)	0.88 (0.60, 1.28)
Secondary and above	145	162	1.00	1.00
Mothers’ occupation
Housewife	226	274	1.00	1.00
Government employee	17	21	0.98 (0.51, 1.91)	0.91 (0.45, 1.84)
Merchant	24	28	1.04 (0.59, 1.84)	1.04 (0.57, 1.91)
Daily laborer	56	61	1.11 (0.744, 1.67)	1.41 (0.89, 2.25)
Husbands’ occupation
Government employee	113	120	1.00	1.00
Merchant	96	111	0.92 (0.63, 1.33)	0.96 (0.64, 1.43)
Daily laborer	75	109	0.73 (0.49, 1.08)	0.68 (0.44, 1.07)
Own private work	39	44	0.94 (0.57, 1.56)	0.95 (0.56, 1.62)
Family size
≥7	27	41	0.88 (0.51, 1.52)	1.10 (0.58, 2.08)
4–6	189	200	1.26 (0.92, 1.74)	2.48 (1.10, 2.15)
≤3	107	143	1.00	1.00
Number of under-five children
Two and above	62	80	0.90 (0.62, 1.31)	0.78 (0.51, 1.18)
One	261	304	1.00	1.00
Sex of the child
Male	167	211	1.00	1.00
Female	156	173	1.14 (0.85, 1.53)	1.65 (1.10, 2.48)
BMI of the mothers
≤18.4	36	59	1.00	1.00
18.5–24.9	221	251	1.44 (0.92, 2.27)	1.50 (0.94, 2.39)
25–29.9	54	61	1.45 (0.83, 2.52)	1.47 (0.82, 2.62)
≥30	12	13	1.51 (0.62, 3.67)	1.39 (0.55, 3.54)
Number of ANC visits
1–3 times	43	57	0.88 (0.58, 1.35)	0.91 (0.57, 1.45)
4 times and above	280	327	1.00	1.00
Prelacteal feeding
Yes	27	31	1.04 (0.61, 1.78)	0.96 (0.48, 1.94)
No	296	353	1.00	1.00
Exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months
No	61	69	1.06 (0.726, 1.56)	1.11 (0.68, 1.83)
Yes	262	315	1.00	1.00
Breast-feeding initiation
Within 1 hour of birth	232	300	0.71 (0.51, 1.01)	0.67 (0.46, 0.96)
More than 1 hour of birth	91	84	1.00	1.00

indicates significance at value less than 0.05.