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

Table 8

Association of HHFI with nutritional status of children measured by stunting, underweight, and wasting in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia, February 2014.

Nutritional status of children	HHFI status	Yes	No	COR (CI)	value	AOR (CI)
		(%)	(%)
Underweight	Food insecure	114 (89.8)	251 (70.1)	3.74 (2.02–6.93)	0.001	3.82 (1.78–8.19)
	Food secure	13 (10.2)	107 (29.9)	1		1
Stunting	Food insecure	205 (90.7)	171 (63.3)	5.65 (3.38–9.44)	<0.001	6.70 (3.71–12.11)
	Food secure	21 (9.3)	99 (36.7)	1		1
Wasting	Food insecure	54 (76.1)	311 (75.1)	1.05 (0.58–1.89)	0.84
	Food secure	17 (23.9)	103 (24.9)	1

Adjusted for other independent variables (Tables 9, 10, and 11), .
HHFI was not included in multivariable analysis since value was above 0.2 in bivariate analysis with wasting.