Nutrient consumption and associated factors among school age children in Dewa Chefe District, northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Factors associated with inadequacy energy consumption among school age children in Dewa Cheffe District, northeast Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 600)

Variables	Adequacy of energy intake		COR (95% CI)^a	AOR (95% CI)^b
Variables	Inadequate	Adequate	COR (95% CI)^a	AOR (95% CI)^b
Age of child (in years)
7	69	124	1
8	44	140	0.57 (0.36, 0.89)*
9	61	162	0.68 (0.45, 0.93)*
Head of household
Male	134	404	1	1
Female	40	22	5.482 (3.15, 9.56)*	3.65 (1.20, 11.04)*
Mother’s education
Illiterate	154	193	4.45 (1.94, 10.22)*
Can read and write	13	194	0.37 (0.14, 0.99)
Primary school and above	7	39	1
Mother’s occupation
Housewife	160	234	0.10 (0.06, 0.19)*	0.32 (0.11, 0.52)*
Self employed	192	14	1	1
Family size
≤ 3	9	118	1	1
4–5	14	222	0.83 (0.35, 0.97)*	0.85 (0.93, 10.28)
≥ 5	151	86	23.02 (11.12, 47.66)*	14.42 (4.65, 44.67)*
Mother’s age
≤ 25	7	40	0.17 (0.07, 0.43)*
26–35	75	198	0.37 (0. 22, 0.62)*
36–45	52	149	0.34 (0.2, 0.59)*
≥ 46	40	39	1

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