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. 2016 May;26(3):243–250. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v26i3.7

Table 3.

Prevalence and determinants of small size babies by selected household characteristics in Ethiopia, EDHS 2011

House-hold
Characteristic
Baby Size at Birth Crude OR
(95%CI)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)

Small
No( %)
Non- Small
No( %)
Electricity in the HH
No 3009 (30.3) 6936 (69.7) 1 1
Yes 345 (22.8) 1196 (77.2) 1.55 (1.42, 1.69) 1.02 (0.81, 1.27)
Radio in the HH
No 2223 (31.8) 4776 (68.2) 1 1
Yes 1140 (25.4) 3356 (74.6) 1.29 (1.23, 1.36) 1.26 ( 1.12, 1.41)*
Television in the HH
Yes 3233 (29.9) 7597 (70.1) 1 1
No 130 (19.7) 529 (80.3) 1.98 (1.68, 2.32) 2.05 (1.41, 2.96) *
Water Source
Unsafe 1167 (27.5) 3083 (72.5) 1 1
Safe 2186 (30.4) 5007 (69.5) 1.11 (0.98, 1.25) 1.11 (0.98, 1.25)
Sanitation facility 1 1
Improved 1573 (31.6) 3410 (68.4) 0.99 (0.86, 1.16) 0.99 (0.86, 1.16)
Non-improved 385 (26.9) 1045 (73.1)
Total 3353 (29.3) 8990 (70.7)
*

statistically significant