Table 5.

Factors associated with malnutrition among underfive children in Nakaseke and Nakasongola districts

Variable	Stunting			Wasting			Underweight
	OR	β	p	OR	β	p	OR	β	p
Sex of the child (Malea)
Female	1.07	0.48	0.89	3.36	2.34	0.08	2.98	2.48	0.19
Age of child (≤ 12a months)
13–36 months	0.38	0.26	0.16	0.79	0.65	0.78	0.67	0.59	0.65
37–59 months	0.76	0.46	0.66	0.79	0.65	0.78	4.14	2.74	0.03*
Birth Order (1–2a)
3–4	0.74	0.42	0.59	3.62	2.98	0.12	3.62	2.99	0.12
5+	0.69	0.42	0.55	2.92	2.56	0.22	4.40	5.78	0.26
Birth Interval (≤ 2a years)
3–4 years	2.33	1.44	0.17	0.71	0.63	0.70	1.14	1.05	0.88
5–6 years	1.86	2.18	0.59	0.72	0.66	0.72	1.04	0.84	0.96
Age of mother at birth (< 20 Yearsa)
20–29 Years	0.80	0.50	0.72	1.27	1.11	0.78	0.48	0.47	0.46
30–39 Years	1.45	0.99	0.58	0.90	0.88	0.92	0.89	0.88	0.91
40–49 Years	0.27	0.33	0.28	2.17	1.32	0.21	0.19	0.24	0.20
Mother’s education level (No educationa)
Primary	3.09	2.59	0.18	0.29	0.23	0.12	0.31	0.29	0.22
Secondary+	4.00	4.24	0.19	0.78	0.83	0.81	0.40	0.39	0.36
Marital Status of the mother (Never married/Separateda)
Married/Cohabiting	2.04	0.98	0.14	2.33	1.62	0.22	1.14	0.85	0.86
Mothers’ occupation (Peasanta)
Pastoralist	0.12	0.13	0.05*	2.53	2.39	0.33	2.11	2.61	0.55
Business/civil servant	2.71	1.82	0.14	1.58	1.24	0.56	1.15	1.39	0.91
Handcraft	1.23	1.74	0.92	0.24	0.27	0.21	1.15	1.38	0.90

*Statistically significant at 95 % Confidence Interval

^aReference category