Table 4 Factors associated with underweight among children aged between six to fifty nine months, Bule Hora district, 2013 (n = 778)
Variables | Underweight | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Child sex | Female | 82 | 312 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Male | 145 | 239 | 2.3(1.6-3.1)* | 2.5(1.5-4.1)* | |
Total number of children born to a mother | ≤4 | 372 | 111 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
>4 | 179 | 116 | 2.2(1.6-3.0)* | 1.8(1.1-3.1)* | |
Diarrheal morbidity in the last two weeks | No | 125 | 458 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Yes | 102 | 93 | 4.0(2.9-5.7)* | 3.9(2.2-6.8)* | |
Paternal formal education | Yes | 106 | 193 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
No | 121 | 358 | 2.1(1.5-2.9)* | 6.9(1.7-62.2)* | |
Availability of latrine | Yes | 162 | 461 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
No | 65 | 90 | 2.05(1.4-3.0)* | 1.2(0.72-1.9) | |
Maternal formal education | No | 175 | 322 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Yes | 52 | 229 | 2.4(1.7-3.4)* | 1.1(0.35-3.4) | |
Fed Pre-lactation feeding | No | 188 | 496 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Yes | 39 | 55 | 1.87(1.2-2.9)* | 1.1(0.63-1.9) | |