Table 4.

Association of socioe-conomic and socio-demographic factors factors with undernutrition and anaemia among children in Abchikeli and Ayalew Mekonnen Elementary Schools, northwest Ethiopia, February and March 2010

		Undernutrition			Anaemia
Variables	Categories	Yes	No	AOR [95 % CI]a	Yes	No	AOR [95 % CI]a
Family	1 to 3	74	133	-	20	187	-
Size	4-6	33	90	0.78 [0.45, 1.35]	13	110	0.61 [0.25, 1.48]
	≥7	17	37	0.94 [0.44, 1.99]	8	146	0.93 [0.32, 2.72]
Fathers	Literate	66	116	-	17	165	-
education	Illiterateb	58	144	0.88 [0.39, 1.99]	24	178	0.90 [0.29, 2.75]
Mothers	Literate	55	88	-	11	132	-
education	Illiterateb	69	172	1.33 [0.55, 3.22]	30	211	0.87 [0.22, 345]
Drinking	Tap	55	76	-	5	126	-
water	Well	42	106	0.64 [0.21, 1.97]	26	122	0.91 [0.05, 15.33
sources	River/spring	27	78	0.27 [0.02, 3.85]	10	95	0.68 [0.02, 23.08]
Hand	Yes	113	248	-	33	328	-
washing±	No	11	12	2.62 [1.02, 6.72]	8	15	2.73 [0.90, 8.24]
Shoe	Yes	34	52	-	1	85	-
Wearing	No	90	208	1.09 [0.52, 2.29]	40	258	5.91 [0.41, 85.95]
Presence	Yes	62	89	-	8	143	-
of latrine	No	62	171	0.60 [0.22, 1.64]	33	200	0.30 [0.04, 2.07]
House	Cement	11	10	-	2	19	-
Floor	Earthen	113	250	1.79 [0.54, 5.96]	39	324	4.13 [0.09, 195.52]
Residence	Urban	57	80	-	6	131	-
	Rural	67	180	1.19 [0.33, 4.36]	63	212	0.11 [0.00, 3.03]
Grade	1 to 3	89	190	-	24	255	-
	4 to 6	35	70	1.57 [0.81, 3.07]	17	88	2.23 [0.82, 6.10]
Religion	Christian	117	249	-	39	327	-
	Muslim	7	11	0.40 [0.09, 1.82]	2	16	0.61 [0.02, 15.63]

AOR^a (adjusted odds ratio): adjusted for age, sex, helminth infection, education status of parents, grade level of the children, house floor nature, presence of latrine, hand washing habit before eating, drinking water source, place of residence and religious status: based on two (for anaemia and undernutrition) independent multivariable regression models

Illiterate^b: Can not read and write

Hand washing±: hand washing habit before eating