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 5

Determinant factors of acute malnutrition among children aged between 6 and 59 months from Dubti District, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, January 2014 (cases: and controls: ).

Variable	Cases, (%)	Controls, (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Child age (in months)
6–11	43 (30.7)	58 (20.7)	3.84 (2.33, 6.61)	3.99 (1.77, 8.97)
12–23	64 (45.7)	51 (18.2)	6.50 (3.85, 0.97)	10.51 (4.93, 22.34)
24–59	33 (23.6)	171 (61.1)	1	1
Residence
Rural	92 (65.7)	70 (25)	5.75 (3.69, 8.94)	2.42 (1.22, 4.79)
Urban	48 (34.3)	210 (75)	1	1
Maternal marital status
Married	109 (77.9)	252 (90)	0.39 (0.22, 0.68)	0.36 (0.16, 0.82)
Single/widowed/divorced	31 (22.1)	28 (10)	1	1
Paternal education
Illiterate	80 (57.1)	89 (31.8)	2.86 (1.88, 4.34)	2.46 (1.32, 4.61)
Read and write	60 (42.9)	191 (68.2)	1	1
HH monthly income
<1000	70 (50)	56 (20)	4 (2.57, 6.22)	3.98 (2.05, 7.69)
≥1000	70 (50)	224 (80)	1	1
Ways of preparing CF
Together with adult	54 (38.6)	61 (21.8)	2.25 (1.44, 3.51)	2.18 (1.11, 4.30)
Separately	86 (61.4)	219 (78.2)	1	1
Ever receive Vit. A
Yes	51 (36.4)	205 (73.2)	0.21 (0.14, 0.32)	0.52 (0.29, 0.94)
No	89 (63.6)	75 (26.8)	1	1
Birth order of the child
One	9 (6.4)	89 (31.8)	0.03 (0.01, 0.08)	0.059 (0.015, 0.23)
2-3	57 (40.7)	146 (52.1)	0.10 (0.04, 0.26)	0.09 (0.03, 0.32)
4-5	51 (36.4)	39 (13.9)	0.34 (0.13, 0.92)	0.38 (0.11, 1.32)
≥6	23 (16.4)	6 (2.1)	1	1
Water fetching time
≤30	99 (70.7%)	268 (95.7%)	0.12 (0.05, 0.25)	0.128 (0.04, 0.37)
31–59	12 (8.6%)	3 (1.1%)	1.24 (0.29, 5.39)	0.625 (0.10, 3.82)
≥60	29 (20.7%)	9 (3.2%)	1	1

HH = household.