Magnitude of Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent Students in Legehida District, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis on factors associated with stunting among adolescent students in Legehida district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	Categories	Stunting		COR 95%CI	AOR 95%CI
		Yes	No
Sex	Male	68 (33%)	138 (67%)	2.5 (1.65–4.14)	2.1 (1.73–5.90)
	Female	33 (16.5%)	167 (83.5%)	1	1
Frequency of food intake per day	≤2 times	64 (48%)	70 (52%)	5.8 (3.63–8.99)	4.6 (2.61–8.24)
	>2 times	37 (13.6%)	235 (86.4%)	1	1
Frequency of washing hands with soap after toilet	Sometimes	51 (55.4%)	41 (44.6%)	6.57(1.7–11.00)	3.6 (1.30–9.40)
	Always	50 (15.9%)	264 (84.1%)	1	1
Availability of functional latrine	No	42 (61.7%)	26 (38.3%)	7.63(4.59–11.4)	5.51(3.03–9.9)
	Yes	59 (17.4%)	279 (82.6%)	1	1
Source of drinking water	River	64 (49.6%)	65 (50.4%)	6.38(3.4–8.9)	2.8(1.35–6.19)
	Pipe and protected	37 (13.4%)	240 (86.6%)	1	1

Statistical significant ( value <0.05).