Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of nutritional status of adolescents, Jimma zone, South West Ethiopia, 2011
| Prevalence (%) | Prevalence (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Category | Underweight (HAZ < -2) | Total | P-value | Stunting (HAZ < -2) | Total number of Adolescents | P-value |
| place of Residence | urban | 620 (83) | 743 | 88 (12) | 743 | ||
| Semi-urban | 459 (84) | 545 | 90 (16) | 546 | |||
| Rural | 498 (75) | 663 | p < 0.001 | 135 (20) | 667 | p < 0.001 | |
| Marital Status | single | 1571 (81) | 1945 | 313 (16) | 1950 | ||
| married | 6 (100) | 6 | 0.232 | 0 (0) | 6 | 0.284 | |
| Sex | Female | 839 (89) | 941 | 103 (11) | 942 | ||
| Male | 738 (73) | 1010 | p < 0.001 | 210 (21) | 1014 | p < 0.001 | |
| Ever had child | No | 1568 (81) | 1941 | 312 (16) | 1945 | ||
| Yes | 9 (90) | 10 | 0.460 | 1 (9) | 11 | 0.794 | |
| Type of last school attended | Government | 1511 (81) | 1866 | 291 (16) | 1870 | ||
| Private | 16 (94) | 17 | 4 (24) | 17 | |||
| Community | 4 (100) | 4 | 0 (0) | 4 | |||
| other | 46 (72) | 64 | 0.680 | 18 (28) | 65 | 0.003 | |
| Religion | Muslim | 918 (79) | 1165 | 191 (16) | 1170 | ||
| Orthodox | 562 (85) | 664 | 104 (16) | 664 | |||
| Protestant | 91 (81) | 113 | 16 (14) | 113 | |||
| other | 6 (67) | 9 | 0.008 | 2 (22) | 9 | 0.681 | |
| Job | no | 1117 (80) | 1398 | 234 (17) | 1399 | ||
| Yes | 460 (83) | 553 | 0.097 | 79 (14) | 557 | 0.166 | |
| Fathers’ education | no education | 487 (80) | 611 | 188 (17) | 1089 | ||
| primary | 633 (79) | 800 | 102 (16) | 624 | |||
| secondary | 371 (84) | 441 | 0.086 | 19 (9) | 213 | 0.018 | |
| Mothers’ education | no education | 860 (79) | 1086 | 112 (18) | 614 | ||
| primary | 513 (82) | 623 | 137 (17) | 801 | |||
| secondary | 178 (84) | 212 | 0.127 | 53 (12) | 441 | 0.010 | |
| Age in years (± SD) | 14.78(±1.34) | 2083 | 0.001 | 14.78(±1.34) | 2083 | p < 0.001 | |
| Highest grade completed (± SD) | 5.16(± 2.66) | 2084 | p < 0.001 | 5.16(± 2.66) | 2084 | p < 0.001 | |
| Household income (± SD) | 105.77(± 188.13) | 2084 | 0.686 | 105.77(± 188.13) | 2084 | 0.539 | |
| Household size (± SD) | 8.49(± 3.42) | 2084 | 0.021 | 8.49(± 3.42) | 2084 | 0.166 | |