Body Mass Index and Associated Factors of School Absenteeism by School Feeding Program at Selected Primary Schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Comparative Study

Table 5

Factors associated with school absenteeism at selected primary schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2018.

Characteristics	Categories	School absenteeism		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
		Absent	Not absent
Feeding status	Feeding	129	33	1	1
	Nonfeeding	114	48	1.646 (0.989–2.740)	1.796 (1.061–3.042)
Gender	Male	136	48	1	1
	Female	107	33	0.874 (0.524–1.456)	0.833 (0.481–1.442)
Grade of students	1–2	69	27	1	1
	3–4	86	24	0.713 (0.378–1.345)	0.743 (0.387–1.425)
	>5	88	30	0.871 (0.474–1.600)	0.757 (0.393–1.458)
Mother presence	Yes	223	74	1	1
	No	20	7	1.055 (0.429–2.594)	0.949 (0.373–2.417)
Birth order	First	92	33	1	1
	Middle	101	32	0.883 (0.503–1.550)	0.936 (0.524–1.672)
	Last	50	16	0.892 (0.448–1.777)	0.921 (0.454–1.869)
Illness	Yes	188	50	1	1
	No	55	31	2.119 (1.236–3.635)	2.257 (1.291–3.948)

; , statistically significant level.