Prevalence and Predictors of Stunting among Primary School Children in Northeast Ethiopia

Table 5

Predictors of stunting among primary school children in Kutaber district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Category	Stunting		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Age (years)	6–11	10	118	0.63 [0.34, 1.159]	0.52 [0.26, 1.02]
	12–17	38	115	1	1
Family size	1–5	22	204	1	1
	6–9	26	89	2.71 [1.457, 5.04]	2.43 [1.228, 4.79]
Handwashing practice before eating	Infrequent	17	22	6.76 [3.24, 14.07]	3.96 [1.75, 8.97]
	Always	31	271	1	1
Handwashing practice after defecation	Sometimes	24	77	2.81 [1.505, 5.23]	2.17 [0.070, 4.42]
	Always	24	216	1	1
Parasitic infection	Yes	22	61	3.22 [1.707, 6.07]	2.66 [1.304, 5.41]
	No	26	232	1	1

p value <0.05. p value <0.01.