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

Table 9

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

Variable	Underweight status		COR (95.0% CI)	AOR (95.0% CI)
	Underweight	Normal
	N (%)	N (%)
HHFI status
Food insecure	114 (89.8)	251 (70.1)	3.74 (2.02–6.93)	3.82 (1.78–8.19)
Food secure	13 (10.2)	107 (29.9)	1	1
Diarrhea
Yes	60 (47.2)	97 (27.1)	2.41 (1.58–3.66)	2.51 (1.52–4.13)
No	67 (52.8)	261 (72.9)	1	1
Size at birth
Larger than average	45 (35.4)	129 (36.0)	1	1
Average	56 (44.1)	173 (48.3)	0.93 (0.59–1.46)	0.76 (0.43–1.32)
Small	26 (20.5)	56 (15.6)	1.33 (0.75–2.36)	0.76 (0.37–1.55)
Prelacteal feeding
Not prelactated	96 (75.6)	312 (87.2)	1	1
Prelactated	31 (24.4)	46 (12.8)	2.19 (1.31–3.64)	1.81 (0.97–3.33)
Health status during pregnancy
Sick	37 (29.1)	49 (13.7)	2.59 (1.59–4.22)	2.23 (1.27–3.94)
Good	90 (70.9)	309 (86.3)	1	1
Extra food during pregnancy
No	98 (22.8)	240 (33.0)	1.66 (1.03–2.65)	0.98 (0.55–1.74)
Yes	29 (77.2)	118 (67.0)	1	1
Birth interval
<2 years (<23 m)	26 (22.8)	48 (14.8)	1.80 (0.97–3.34)	1.41 (0.7–2.85)
2 years (24–35 m)	55 (48.2)	166 (51.2)	1.10 (0.67–1.81)	1.08 (0.62–1.87)
>3 years (>36 m)	33 (28.9)	110 (34.0)	1	1
Mother’s age
<24	19 (15.0)	30 (8.4)	1	1
25–34	88 (69.3)	260 (72.6)	0.53 (0.28–0.99)	0.48 (0.19–1.19)
>34	20 (15.7)	68 (19.0)	0.46 (0.21–0.99)	0.43 (0.15–1.24)
ANC visit
No	56 (44.1)	87 (24.3)	2.45 (1.60–3.76)	2.8 (1.66–4.7)
Yes	71 (55.9)	271 (75.7)	1	1

value < 0.05.