Determinants of Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Public Health Facilities of Pastoralist Community, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia: A Case Control Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and socioeconomic profile of cases and controls in Dubti District, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, January 2014 (cases: and controls: ).

Variable	Profile	Cases, (%)	Controls, (%)
Child age (in months)	6–11	43 (30.7)	58 (20.7)
	12–23	64 (45.7)	51 (18.2)
	24–59	33 (23.6)	171 (61.1)
Sex of the child	Male	68 (48.6)	156 (55.7)
	Female	72 (51.4)	124 (44.3)
Current residence	Rural	92 (65.7)	70 (25)
	Urban	48 (34.3)	210 (75)
Religion	Muslim	128 (91.4)	246 (87.9)
	Orthodox	12 (8.6)	27 (9.6)
	Protestant	0 (0)	7 (2.5)
Ethnicity	Afar	106 (75.7)	157 (56.1)
	Amhara	24 (17.1)	100 (35.7)
	Oromo	5 (3.6)	15 (5.4)
	Tigre	5 (3.6)	8 (2.9)
Maternal education	Illiterate	104 (74.3)	151 (53.9)
	Read and write	36 (25.7)	129 (46.1)
Maternal marital status	Married	109 (77.9)	252 (90)
	Single/widowed/divorced	31 (22.1)	28 (10)
Paternal education	Illiterate	80 (57.1)	89 (31.8)
	Read and write	60 (42.9)	191 (68.2)
Maternal occupation	Unemployed	87 (62.2)	191 (68.2)
	Self-employed	16 (11.4)	21 (7.5)
	Employed	37 (26.4)	68 (24.3)
Family size	<5	67 (47.9)	212 (75.7)
	≥6	73 (52.1)	68 (24.3)
No of children in the HH	Less than or equal to three	62 (44.3)	218 (77.9)
	Greater than three	78 (55.7)	62 (22.1)
Livestock owned	Yes	91 (65)	132 (47.1)
	No	49 (35)	148 (52.9)
Monthly income (in birr)	<1000	70 (50)	56 (20)
	≥1000	70 (50)	224 (80)