Research Article
Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Underweight and Stunting among Adolescents of Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Determinants of nutrition status of adolescents in terms of height for age
-scores in Jimma zone, south west Ethiopia, 2011.
| Variables | Univariate linear regression | Multivariable linear regression | | 95% CI | value | | 95% CI | value |
| Residence in semiurban | 0.0041 | | 0.1148 | 0.9417 | | | 0.0819 | 0.4645 | Residence in rural | | | | 0.0001 | 0.1136 | | 0.2768 | 0.1721 | Sex | | | | 0.0036 | | | | 0.0020 | Age in years | 0.0638 | 0.0268 | 0.1007 | 0.0007 | | | 0.0100 | 0.1350 | Highest grade completed | 0.0917 | 0.0732 | 0.1101 | 0.0000 | 0.1066 | 0.0803 | 0.1328 | 0.0000 | Private school | | | 0.0996 | 0.1355 | | | 0.3133 | 0.5897 | Community school | | | | 0.0095 | | | | 0.0019 | Other type of school | | | 0.0062 | 0.0527 | | | 0.5478 | 0.9988 | Household income | 0.0006 | 0.0003 | 0.0008 | 0.0000 | 0.0005 | 0.0002 | 0.0007 | 0.0014 | Job | 0.1258 | 0.0159 | 0.2356 | 0.0248 | 0.2198 | 0.1051 | 0.3345 | 0.0002 | Abdominal pain | | | | 0.0075 | | | | 0.0153 | Household size | | | | 0.0006 | | | | 0.0062 | Mothers primary education | | | 0.0422 | 0.2347 | | | 0.0296 | 0.1336 | Mothers secondary education | 0.2982 | 0.1389 | 0.4574 | 0.0002 | 0.0747 | | 0.2741 | 0.4628 | Fathers no education | | | 0.0211 | 0.1144 | 0.0716 | | 0.2018 | 0.2805 | Fathers secondary education | 0.1536 | 0.0337 | 0.2735 | 0.0121 | | | 0.0646 | 0.2770 |
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Source: Jimma Longitudinal Family of Youth; Round 2, 2006-2007. CI: confidence interval.
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