Household Food Insecurity and Its Association with Nutritional Status of Children 6–59 Months of Age in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia

Table 11

Factors associated with nutritional status of children, 6–59 months of age, as measured by wasting (height for age) in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia, February 2014.

Variable	Wasting status		COR (95.0% CI)	AOR (95.0% CI)
	Wasting	Normal
	N (%)	N (%)
Child sex
Male	40 (56.3)	200 (48.3)	1.38 (0.83–2.29)	1.89 (1.01–3.54)
Female	31 (43.7)	214 (51.7)	1	1
Diarrhea
Yes	34 (47.9)	123 (29.7)	1	1
No	37 (52.1)	291 (70.3)	2.17 (1.30–3.62)	2.28 (1.19–4.38)
Prelacteal feeding
Not prelactated	48 (67.6)	360 (87.0)	1	1
Prelactated	23 (32.4)	54 (13.0)	3.19 (1.8–5.67)	5.28 (2.45–11.36)
Continuation of BF
<11 months	15 (23.1)	98 (28.5)	0.59 (0.3–1.13)	0.66 (0.31–1.40)
12–23 months	38 (58.5)	147 (42.7)	1	1
>24 months	12 (18.50)	99 (28.8)	0.47 (0.23–0.94)	0.48 (0.21–1.07)
Colostrum feeding
No	30 (46.2)	115 (33.4)	1.70 (0.99–2.92)	1.33 (0.69–2.57)
Yes	35 (53.8)	229 (66.6)	1	1
ANC visit
No	34 (47.9)	109 (26.3)	2.57 (1.54–4.30)	1.95 (1.01–3.80)
Yes	37 (52.1)	305 (73.7)	1	1
Birth interval
<2 years (<23 m)	19 (27.9)	55 (14.9)	3.45 (1.6–7.5)	3.44 (1.38–8.58)
2 years (24–35 m)	36 (52.9)	185 (50.0)	1.94 (0.99–3.81)	2.16 (0.97–4.80)
>3 years (>36 m)	13 (19.1)	130 (35.1)	1	1
Frequency of feeding
<3 times	53 (74.6)	262 (63.3)	1.71 (0.96–3.02)	1.14 (0.54–2.39)
≥4 times	18 (25.4)	152 (36.7)	1	1

value < 0.05.