Table 4.

Factors associated with stunting in school age children in Woreda 8 of Lideta sub-city, Addis Ababa, March, 2014

Variable	Categories	Stunting		Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio ¶ (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Religion	Orthodox	54	264	1	1
	Muslim	12	63	0.93 (0.47-1.84)	1.25 (0.42-3.69)
	Protestant/Catholic	24	42	2.79 (1.56-4.99)**	3.29 (1.15-9.39)*
Maternal educational status	No formal education	18	61	1	1
	Primary	19	172	0.37 (0.18-0 .76)**	1.99 (0.12-3.26)
	Secondary and above	53	131	1.37 (0.74-2.54)	6.96 (2.94-16.46)
Frequency of illness/infection in a year prior to the study period	No infection	12	90	1	1
	1	18	96	1.41 (0.64-3.08)	0.07 (0.01-0.46)
	>1	60	183	2.46 (1.26-4.80)**	1.34 (0.35-5.09)
Presence of dirt in finger	Yes	55	161	1	1
	No	35	208	0.49 (0.31-0.79)**	0.2 (0.37-1.18)
Floor material of the house	Ceramic	48	303	1	1
	Mud	42	66	4.02 (2.46-6.57)	7.94 (2.22, 28.36)***
Birth order	≤2	51	270	1	1
	>2	39	99	2.09 (1.29-3.36)*	5.43 (2.62-11.25)***
Maternal age	20-35	39	228	1	1
	36-45	45	102	2.58 (1.58-4.20)***	4.43 (2.08-9.47)***
	>45	8	37	1.26 (0.40-2.70)	1.72 (0.54-5.50)
Maternal age at child birth	<20	19	59	1	1
	20-30	50	271	0.57 (0.31-1.04)	0.09 (0.03-0.29)***
	>30	21	39	1.67 (0.79-3.51)	0.24 (0.04-1.40)
Working status of mother	House wife	28	157	1	1
	Employed	62	204	1.70 (1.04-2.79)*	1.89 (1.38-5.03)*
Meal frequency in a day	>3	26	199	1	1
	≤3	64	170	2.88 (1.75-4.75)***	4.62 (2.71-7.89)***

Note: * = P < 0.05, ** = P < 0.01, *** = P <0.001.

¶ ⁼adjusted (from multivariate logistic regression model) for socio-economic and demographic characters of parents and children and health caring practices and environmental conditions (detail list available in the data analysis section), but only values of variables which showed significant association either in the bivariate or multivariate regression analysis were reported in the table.

Illness/Infection: illnesses that enforces children to visit health centers/hospitals and take medication.