Table 2 . Logistic regression analysis of significant determinants related to stunting, underweight, and wasting among under-six years children .
Parameters | Stunting OR (95% CI) | Underweight OR (95% CI) | Wasting OR (95% CI) |
Child’s gender | 1.41 (1.26-1.58) | .10 (0.99-1.24) | * |
Male | |||
Female | |||
Type of settlement | 1.23 (1.08-1.40) | 1.33 (1.18-1.50) | 1.25 (1.10-1.42) |
Urban | |||
Rural (Ref) | |||
Family size | * | 1.35 (1.10-1.65) | * |
1-4 (Ref) | |||
>4 | |||
Family income | |||
<134 dollar | 3.21 (1.17-8.85) | 1.81 (0.83-3.93) | |
134-200 dollar | 3.66 (1.33-10.04) | 1.53 (0.71-3.33) | |
201-334 dollar | 3.18 (1.15-8.75) | * | 1.42 (0.65-3.11) |
335-667 dollar | 2.76 (0.98-7.80) | 1.16 (0.51-2.65) | |
>667 dollar (Ref) | |||
Maternal education | |||
Diploma and lower | 0.80 (0.64-0.98) | ||
Diploma | 0.72 (0.59-0.89) | * | * |
Universal education (Ref) | |||
Ethnicity | |||
Fars (Ref) | |||
Ghashghaei | 0.90 (0.70-1.15) | 0.89 (0.70-1.14) | 1.24 (0.98-1.57) |
Khamse | 3.36 (1.62-6.93) | 1.95 (0.85-4.48) | 0.57 (0.13-2.38) |
Mamasani | 0.99 (0.79-1.24) | 0.60 (0.46-0.78) | 0.65 (0.49-0.86) |
Arab | 0.87 (0.51-1.49) | 1.48 (0.96-2.29) | 2.58 (1.75-3.80) |
Others | 1.58 (1.19-2.11) | 1.61 (1.21-2.14) | 1.00 (0.70-1.43) |
Health services | |||
Yes (Ref) | * | * | |
No | 1.87 (1.39-2.52) | ||
Health water supply | |||
Yes (Ref.) | |||
No ) | 1.27 (0.98-1.66) | 1.37 (1.06-1.76) | 1.58 (1.21-2.05 |
* Variable not determined as stunting, underweight, and wasting in backward stepwise logistic regression models, Ref; Reference category