Table 3 Predictors of stunting, Damot Gale, 2016
Features | Categories | Stunting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (N, %) | Yes (N, %) | COR at 95% | AOR at 95% CI | ||
Age of child in months | 6–11 | 30 (12.9) | 6 (3.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
12–23 | 83 (35.8) | 30 (18.1) | 1.28 (0.318–5.21) | 1.22 (0.34–4.42) | |
24–35 | 52 (22.4) | 27 (16.3) | 6.24 (1.18–32.78)* | 3.96 (0.91–17.33) | |
36–47 | 46 (19.8) | 88 (53.0) | 9.46 (2.08–43.1)* | 6.22 (1.81–21.36)* | |
48–59 | 21 (9.1) | 15 (9.0) | 18.25 (2.58–128.8)* | 7.27 (1.22–43.19)** | |
Sex of child | Female | 171 (73.7) | 56 (33.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Male | 61 (26.3) | 110 (66.3) | 32.38 (9.89–106.11)* | 20.80 (7.50–57.65)* | |
Birth orders | First child | 45 (19.4) | 11 (6.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
2–3 | 62 (26.7) | 11 (6.6) | 0.894 (0.16–4.99) | 0.70 (0.14–3.38) | |
4–5 | 72 (31.1) | 42 (25.3) | 1.43 (0.366–5.56) | 1.28 (0.36–4.51) | |
5+ | 53 (22.8) | 102 (61.5) | 8.12 (1.93–34.19)* | 6.42 (1.68–24.48)* | |
Educational status of mother | Illiterate | 75 (32.4) | 148 (89.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary | 120 (51.7) | 9 (5.4) | 0.06 (0.02–0.17)* | 0.06 (0.02–0.14)* | |
Secondary and above | 37 (15.9) | 9 (5.4) | 0.34 (0.06–1.98) | 0.32 (0.06–1.55) | |
Availability of latrine | No | 6 (2.6) | 36 (21.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 226 (97.4) | 130 (78.3) | 0.028 (0.01–0.14)* | 0.06 (0.02–0.18)* | |
Child usually wash her/his hand’s by using soap | Before eating | 96 (41.4) | 40 (24.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
After defecating | 32 (13.8) | 14 (8.4) | 1.12 (0.197–6.33) | 0.95 (0.203–4.45) | |
Both | 39 (16.8) | 4 (2.4) | 0.12 (0.025–0.621)* | 0.18 (0.05–0.72)** | |
None of the above | 65 (28.0) | 108 (65.1) | 24.89 (7.13–86.84)* | 16.21 (5.11–51.4)* | |
Following ANC | No | 36 (15.5) | 105 (63.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 196 (84.5) | 61 (36.7) | 0.11 (0.012–0.795)* | 0.045 (0.01–0.135)* | |