Table 4.

Socio demographic and maternal practice versus practice of HTPs on children among children less than 5 years in Axum town, north Ethiopia, 2013

Variable	Practice of HTPs on children		COR (95% C.I)	AOR (95% C.I)
	Yes	No
Sex
Male	329(49.8%)	42(45.7%)	0.845(0.546-1.309)	1.314(0.757-2.281)
Female	331(50.25)	50(54.3%)	1.0	1.0
Age of mother
Less than 25	99(15.0%)	22(23.9%)	0.842(0.469-1.514)	1.180(0.554-2.512)
25-29	187(28.3%)	35(38.0%)	0.474(0.237-0.946)*	0.576(0.216-1.541)
30-34	152(23.0%)	16(14.4%)	0.385(0.199-0.744)**	0.668(0.244-1.829)
35+	222(33.6%)	19(20.7%)	1.0	1.0
Marital Status
Married	555(84.1%)	105(15.9%)	1.0	1.0
Not married	83(90.2%)	9(9.8%)	1.745(0.50-3.580)	1.044(0.437-2.498)
Religion
Orthodox	547(82.9%)	64(69.6%)	2.118(1.300-3.450)**	2.113(1.079-4.140)*
Muslim	113(17.15)	28(30.4%)	1.0	1.0
Occupation
Jobless/housewife	531(80.5%)	57(62%)	3.105(1.599-6.030)**	5.319(1.517-18.657)**
Civil servant	42(6.4%)	14(15.2%)	2.249(1.298-3.895)**	2.473(0.997-6.137)
Merchant & others	87(13.2%)	21(22.8%)	1.0	1.0
Ethnicity
Tigrian	657(99.5%)	91(98.9%)	2.407(0.248-23.382)	2.185(0.074-64.748)
Amara	3(0.5%)	1(1.1%)	1.0	1.0
Educational status
No formal education	113(17.1%)	4(4.3%)	4.545(1.635-12.632)**	3.913(1.262-12.130)*
Educated	547(82.9%)	88(95.7%)	1.0	1.0
In come
Less than 500	443(67.1%)	49(53.3%)	1.0	1.0
500-1000	114(17.3%)	16(17.4%)	0.422(0.252-.707)**	1.162(0.396-3.409)
Greater than 1000	103(15.6%)	27(29.3%)	0.535(0.273-1.050)	1.854(0.636-5.409)
Number of children
One to two	305(42.6%)	58(63.0%)	1.0	1.0
Three and above	355(53.8%)	34(37.0%)	1.986(1.266-3.114)**	1.270(0.616-2.620)
HTPs performed on mother
Yes	590(89.4%)	28(30.4%)	19.265(11.586 -32.035)***	24.890(13.853-44.719)***
No	70(10.6%)	64(69.6%)	1.0	1.0

*P < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.

***p < 0.001.

COR = Crude Odds Ratio.

AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio.

CI = Confidence Interval.