The Magnitude of Wasting and Associated Factors among Children Aged 2-5 Years in Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

A bivariable and multivariable logistic regression model for determinants of wasting among children aged 2-5 years in Wonago district ().

Variables		WHZ		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Wasted	Not wasted
Age of the mother	<30 years	160	1397	0.81 (0.65, 1.01)	0.87 (0.58, 1.31)
	≥30 years	209	1478
Marital status of the mother	Married	353	2740
	Single	1	16	0.49 (0.07, 3.67)
	Widowed	6	60	0.78 (0.33, 1.81)
	Divorced	9	59	1.18 (0.58, 2.41)
Ethnic group of the mother	Gedeo	331	2607
	Oromo	23	172	1.05 (0.67, 1.65)
	Amhara	6	46	1.03 (0.44, 2.42)
	Others	9	50	1.42 (0.69, 2.91)
Religion of the mother	Protestant	332	2677
	Orthodox	36	182	1.59 (1.09, 2.32)	0.99 (0.51, 1.91)
	Others	1	16	0.50 (0.07, 3.81)	0.36 (0.04, 3.15)
Language of the mother	Gede-uffa	320	2564
	Amharic	44	199	1.77 (1.25, 2.51)	1.16 (0.57, 2.36)
	Others	5	112	0.36 (0.15, 0.88)	0.29 (0.09, 0.96)
Age group of father	≤37 years	166	1425
	>37 years	188	1323	1.22 (0.98, 1.52)	0.19 (0.01, 4.26)
HHH’s age group	≤37 years	177	1530
	>37 years	196	1358	1.25 (1.01, 1.55)	6.52 (0.29, 146.70)
Residence of HH	Rural	295	2512
	Urban	78	376	1.77 (1.35, 2.32)	1.91 (0.94, 3.89)
Type of family	Nuclear	312	2559
	Extended	61	329	1.52 (1.13, 2.05)	1.16 (0.72, 1.86)
Family size category	2-4	109	923	0.50 (0.23, 1.11)	1.18 (0.39, 3.57)
	5-7	214	1594	0.57 (0.26, 1.25)	1.17 (0.43, 3.17)
	8-10	42	337	0.53 (0.23, 1.22)	0.88 (0.32, 2.44)
	>10	8	34
Educational level of the mother	No formal education	269	2144
	Primary	87	623	1.11 (0.86, 1.44)
	Secondary	11	99	0.89 (0.47, 1.67)
	Above secondary	2	9	1.77 (0.38, 8.24)
Mothers’ occupation	Housewife	269	2246
	Farmer	46	319	1.20 (0.86, 1.68)	1.31 (0.81, 2.11)
	Merchant	44	249	1.48 (1.05, 2.08)	1.31 (0.79, 2.15)
	Government employee	1	25	0.33 (0.05, 2.48)	0.54 (0.06, 4.57)
	Others	9	36	2.09 (0.99, 4.38)	2.64 (0.89, 7.81)
The educational level of the father	No formal education	161	1303
	Primary	135	975	1.12 (0.88, 1.43)
	Secondary	45	394	0.92 (0.65, 1.31)
	Above secondary	13	76	1.38 (0.75, 2.55)
Fathers occupation	Farmer	241	1989
	Merchant	58	463	1.03 (0.76, 1.40)	0.97 (0.64, 1.46)
	Government employee	26	116	1.85 (1.18, 2.89)	1.93 (1.08, 3.46)
	Others	29	180	1.33 (0.88, 2.01)	0.70 (0.38, 1.30)
HHH’s sex	Male	353	2741
	Female	20	147	1.06 (0.65, 1.71)
HHH’s r/p with the child	Father	336	2682
	Mother	19	127	1.19 (0.73, 1.96)	1.22 (0.24, 6.17)
	Caregiver	13	59	1.76 (0.96, 3.24)	1.02 (0.41, 2.56)
	Other	5	20	1.99 (0.74, 5.35)	1.56 (0.13, 19.35)
HH’s monthly income	≤500 birr	212	1555
	>500 birr	161	1333	0.89 (0.71, 1.10)
Family decision maker	Father	210	1612
	Mother	40	241	1.27 (0.89, 1.83)	1.79 (0.91, 3.56)
	Both	117	1017	0.88 (0.69, 1.12)	1.23 (0.89, 1.69)
	Other	6	18	2.56 (1.00, 6.52)	1.29 (0.13, 12.68)
HH’s source of food	Agricultural products	274	2201
	Purchase	98	681	1.16 (0.90, 1.48)	0.76 (0.47, 1.23)
	Others	1	6	1.34 (0.16, 11.16)
HH’s land ownership	Yes	351	2780
	No	22	108	1.61 (1.01, 2.59)	1.14 (0.53, 2.45)
HH’s livestock ownership	Yes	118	773	1.27 (1.00, 1.59)	1.21 (0.87, 1.69)
	No	255	2115
Age group of the child before	24-35 months	109	1079
	36-47 months	128	931	1.36 (1.04, 1.78)	1.09 (0.76, 1.57)
	48-59 months	136	878	1.53 (1.17, 2.00)	1.46 (1.01, 2.09)
Sex of the child	Female	173	1605
	Male	200	1283	1.45 (1.17, 1.79)	1.42 (1.07, 1.88)
Place of birth of the child	Home	208	1683
	Health institution	165	1205	1.11 (0.89, 1.38)
Child’s birth order group	<6	348	2678
	≥6	25	210	0.92 (0.59, 1.41)
Birth interval category preceding the child	≤2 years	184	1175
	>2 years	120	1075	0.71 (0.56, 0.91)	0.73 (0.55, 0.98)
No. of U5 other than the child	1 child	158	1255
	>1 child	30	232	1.03 (0.68, 1.56)

WHZ: weight-for-height -score; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; HH: household; HHH: household head; r/p: relationship; No: number.