Table 5.

Factors associated with stunting among children aged between six to fifty nine months, Bule Hora district, 2013 (n = 778)

Variables		Stunted		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Child sex	Female	164	230	1.0	1.0
	Male	206	178	1.62(1.2-2.2)*	2.8(1.5-5.3)*
Diarrheal morbidity in the last two weeks	No	253	330	1.0	1.0
	Yes	117	78	2.0(1.4-2.7)*	2.5(1.2-5.3)*
Maternal formal education	Yes	106	175	1.0	1.0
	No	264	233	1.9(1.4-2.5)*	1.3(0.6-2.5)
Attended ANC	Yes	240	324	1.0	1.0
	No	130	84	2.1(1.5-2.9)*	1.3(0.8-2.0)
Ever used of FP	Yes	136	224	1.0	1.0
	No	211	152	2.3(1.7-3.1)*	1.5(1.0-2.1)
Fed Pre-lacteal feeding	Yes	321	363	1.0	1.0
	No	49	45	1.2(0.80-1.9)*	3.8(1.2-12.2)*
Had extra meal during pregnancy or lactation	Yes	209	304	1.0	1.0
	No	161	104	2.3(1.7-3.1)*	0.65(0.4-0.9)
Availability of latrine	Yes	279	344	1.0	1.0
	No	91	64	1.8(1.2-2.5)*	0.89(0.5-1.4)
Amount of water used by household per day (liter)	<20	9	6	1.0	1.0
	20-40	282	353	0.5(0.18-1.5)	7.15(0.5-92.5)
	>40	79	49	1(0.36-3.2)	2.6(0.96-6.8)
Total family size	≤5	138	212	1.0	1.0
	>5	232	196	1.8(1.4-2.4)*	1.25(0.8-2.0)

ANC- Antenatal care, FP- Family Planning methods.

*Significant at p-value <0.05.