Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children in Rural Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors independently associated with nutritional status of rural children in Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Age of child (in months)
<6	1
6–11	0.78	0.48–1.24
12–23	2.63	1.72–4.0
24–35	3.97	2.52–6.2
36–47	3.51	2.32–5.3
48–59	2.75	1.64–4.6
Preceding birth interval
>24 months	1
≤24 months	1.43	1.023–2.0
Mother’s educational status
Primary	1
No education	1.32	1.02–1.7
Secondary and above	0.49	0.19–1.29
Region of residence
Tigray	1
Afar	1.12	0.62–2.06
Amhara	0.71	0.44–1.15
Oromiya	0.62	0.38–1.00
Somali	0.79	0.46–1.37
Benshangul-Gumuz	0.70	0.37–1.32
SNNP	0.59	0.37–0.9
Gambella	0.47	0.26–0.8
Harari	0.59	0.36–0.9
Dire Dawa	0.78	0.43–1.42
Wealth status
Poor	1
Medium	0.66	0.45–0.9
Rich	0.63	0.62–0.6

Note. at value of 0.05; SNNP: Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples.