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 6
Factors associated with stunting among under five children in Dubti district, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 840).
Variables
Category
Stunting
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Sex of child
Male
234 (49.2)
242 (50.8)
1.78 (1.35–2.36)
1.98 (1.46–2.72)
Female
128 (35.2)
236 (64.8)
1
1
Age of child
6–11
60 (23.6)
194 (76.4)
1
1
12–23
112 (48.3)
120 (51.7)
3.02 (2.05–4.45)
3.44 (2.24–5.29)
24–35
82 (53.2)
72 (46.8)
3.68 (2.39–5.66)
3.58 (2.25–5.69)
36–59
108 (54.0)
92 (46.0)
3.79 (2.54–5.67)
4.42 (2.79–6.94)
Timely complementary feeding started
Yes
34 (32.4)
71 (67.6)
1
1
No
328 (44.6)
407 (55.4)
1.68 (1.09–2.59)
1.87 (0.97–3.53)
Child immunization
Yes
54 (21.4)
198 (78.6)
1
1
No
308 (52.4)
280 (47.6)
4.03 (2.87–5.68)
3.34 (2.31–4.81)
Diarrhoeal in the last two weeks
Yes
55 (50.8)
53 (49.1)
1.44 (0.96–2.15)
1.45 (0.91–3.31)
No
307 (41.9)
440 (58.1)
1
1
Fever in the last two weeks
Yes
109 (49.8)
110 (50.2)
1.44 (1.06–1.96)
1.37 (0.94–2.98)
No
253 (40.7)
368 (59.3)
1
1
Presence of latrine
Yes
141 (39.0)
221 (61.0)
1
1
No
221 (46.2)
257 (53.8)
1.35 (1.02–2.18)
1.16 (0.84–2.59)
Significant at ; COR = crude odd ratio; AOR = adjusted odd ratio; CI = confidence interval.
