Stunting and Its Associated Factors among Early Adolescent School Girls of Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis on factors associated with stunting among early adolescent school girls in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016.
Variables
Stunting
Odds ratio
Yes, (%)
No, (%)
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Educational status of mother
Illiterate
51 (35.4%)
93 (64.6%)
2.40 (1.31-4.40)
0.59 (0.35-1.01)
Read & write
80 (34.0%)
155 (66.0%)
2.26 (1.30-3.97)
0.69 (0.42-1.12)
Diploma
32(17.7%)
149 (82.3%)
0.94 (0.50-1.80)
0.55 (0.30-1.04)
≥Degree
19 (18.6%)
83 (81.4%)
1
1
Grade of students
Grade 5
65 (36.5%)
113 (63.5%)
1.80 (1.25-2.61)
1.90 (1.13-3.20)
Grade 6
37 (21.4%)
136 (78.6%)
0.65 (0.43-0.97)
1.32 (0.72-2.44)
Grade 7
54 (29.7%)
128 (70.3%)
0.61 (0.38-0.98)
1.27 (0.68-2.56)
Grade 8
26 (20.2%)
103 (79.8%)
1
1
Eating frequency/day
<3 per day
111 (42.7%)
149 (57.3%)
3.47 (2.43-4.95)
2.37 (1.60-3.50)
≥3 per day
71 (17.7%)
331 (82.3%)
1
1
Household food security
Food insecure
129 (40.1%)
193 (59.9%)
3.62 (2.51-5.23)
2.52 (1.70-3.73)
Food secure
53 (15.6%)
287 (84.4%)
1
1
Live with
Both mother & father
98 (25.5%)
286 (74.5%)
1
1
With father only
46 (29.1%)
112 (70.9%)
1.15 (0.57-2.20)
0.88 (0.37-2.11)
With mother only
13 (27.7%)
34 (72.3%)
0.90 (0.79-1.81)
1.10 (0.60-1.84)
Othersb
25 (34.2%)
48 (65.8%)
1.52 (0.89-2.59)
1.20 (0.63-2.27)
Alive parents
Both mother & father
128 (26.6%)
353 (73.4%)
1
1
One of their parents alive
54 (29.8%)
127 (70.2%)
1.20 (0.80-1.71)
0.91 (0.58-1.40)
Mother employment status
Housewife
116 (39.6%)
177 (60.4%)
1
1
Government employee
40 (16.5%)
202 (83.5%)
0.30 (0.20-046)
0.43 (0.28-0.67)
Merchant
16 (19.5%)
66 (80.5%)
0.37 (0.20-0.67)
0.48 (0.26-0.89
Othera
10 (22.2%)
35 (77.8%)
0.43 (0.21-0.91)
0.40 (0.18-0.87)
Statistical significant ( value < 0.05). aDaily laborer and private servants. bSister, brother, aunt, and uncle.
