Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Under-Five Children in Pastoral Communities of Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Factors associated with wasting among under-five children in Dubti district, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 840).
Variables
Categories
Wasting
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Mother’s occupation
Housewife
103 (15.2)
575 (84.8)
1
1
Working
33 (20.4)
129 (79.6)
1.43 (1.12–2.65)
1.34 (0.84–2.14)
Family size
<5
25 (10.0)
224 (90.0)
1
1
≥5
111 (18.8)
480 (81.2)
2.07 (1.31–3.29)
2.72 (1.62–4.55)
Place of delivery
Home
90 (18.6)
393 (81.4)
1.55 (1.05–2.28)
1.17 (0.76–2.79)
Health facility
46 (12.9)
311 (87.1)
1
1
Prelacteal feeding
Yes
77 (21.9)
275 (78.1)
2.04 (1.41–2.95)
3.81 (1.79–5.42)
No
59 (12.1)
429 (87.9)
1
1
Initiation of breastfeeding
Within 1 hour
49 (13.9)
303 (86.1)
1
1
Hours later
87 (17.8)
401 (82.2)
1.75 (0.51–1.09)
0.98 (0.61–3.58)
Diarrhoea in the last two weeks
Yes
30 (27.8)
78 (72.2)
2.27 (1.42–3.63)
4.57 (2.56–8.16)
No
106 (14.5)
626 (85.5)
1
1
Presence of latrine
Yes
51 (14.1)
311 (85.9)
1
1
No
85 (17.8)
393 (82.2)
1.32 (0.90–1.92)
1.65 (0.98–3.65)
Significant at ; COR = crude odd ratio; AOR = adjusted odd ratio; CI = confidence interval.
