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. 2015 Dec 23;19(8):1417–1427. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015003377

Table 3.

Risk factors for clustering of stunting and severe stunting among children under the age of 5 years in five kebeles, Butajera, Ethiopia, 2014

Stunting Severe stunting
Cases within an identified spatial cluster Cases within an identified spatial cluster
Explanatory variable Yes (n) % No (n) % Crude OR 95 % CI Adjusted OR 95 % CI Yes (n) % No (n) % Crude OR 95 % CI Adjusted OR 95 % CI
Child morbidity
No 256 43·9 327 56·1 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 76 25·8 219 74·2 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 134 36·1 237 63·9 0·72 0·42, 1·22 0·89 0·54, 1·48 30 19·1 127 80·9 0·68 0·39, 1·18 0·88 0·51, 1·53
Household diet
Household food insecurity
Food secure 77 39·7 117 60·3 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 11 12·6 76 87·4 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Food insecure 313 41·2 447 58·8 1·07 0·54, 2·09 0·77 0·47, 1·28 95 26·0 270 74·0 2·44 1·53, 3·89 3·73*** 2·58, 5·39
Household food diversity score
≤3 275 40·1 411 59·5 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 75 23·2 249 76·9 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
≥4 115 42·9 153 57·1 1·12 0·72, 1·74 1·00 0·52, 1·97 31 24·2 97 75·8 1·06 0·75, 1·48 1·38*** 1·14, 1·68
Household characteristics
Wealth quintiles
Poorest 160 65·8 83 34·2 12·34 4·05, 37·58 1·87 0·95, 3·69 49 40·8 71 59·2 10·08 2·66, 38·21 2·20 0·56, 8·67
Poor 79 42·5 107 57·5 4·73 1·52, 14·70 0·93 0·19, 4·29 20 22·0 71 78·0 4·11 1·42, 11·95 1·36 0·41, 4·58
Middle 73 38·6 116 61·4 4·03 1·58, 10·29 1·57 0·49, 5·09 16 21·3 59 78·7 3·96 1·43, 10·99 1·64 0·72, 3·76
Rich 58 30·9 130 69·1 2·88 1·45, 5·72 2·14 0·77, 5·96 16 18·2 72 81·8 3·29 1·89, 5·74 2·27 0·76, 6·81
Richest 20 13·5 128 86·5 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 5 6·4 73 93·6 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Place of residence
<1899 masl 369 78·3 102 21·7 85·12 2·70, 2687·16 17·56*** 1·47, 209·18 2 1·0 194 99·0 88·04 0·92, 8469·4 90·35 1·05, 7715·20
1900–1999 masl 4 6·21 61 93·9 1·54 0·39,·61·83 0·03*** 0·01, 0·34 0 0·0 37 100·0
>2000 masl 17 4·1 400 95·9 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 104 47·7 114 52·3 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Kebele
Shershera Bido 0 0·0 71 100·0 0 0·0 71 100·0
Yeteker 0 0·0 138 100·0 0 0·0 138 100·0
Dirama 0 0·0 121 100·0 0 0·0 121 100·0
Bati Lejano 101 52·1 93 47·9 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 0 0·0 194 100·0
Misrak Meskane 9 6·6 128 93·4 0·06 0·01, 0·89 0·57 0·11, 2·84 0 0·0 137 100·0
Dobena 280 95·6 13 4·4 19·8 1·35, 289·26 152·27*** 20·84, 1112·80 106 76·3 33 23·7
Latrine availability
None 107 39·1 167 60·9 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 23 17·8 106 82·2 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Traditional pit latrine 283 41·6 397 58·4 1·12 0·38, 3·25 0·58 0·18, 1·86 83 25·7 240 74·3 1·60 0·93, 2·73 1·36*** 1·12, 1·67

masl, metres above sea level; Ref., reference category.

Variables significant at the 20 % significance level were subsequently entered into multivariate logistic regression models, with the variable kebele excluded from the multivariate analysis of severe stunting due to absence of observations and comparison group.

***P<0·01.