Table 4.

Predictors of childhood malnutrition (n=315), Wolayta Sodo Town, January 2014

Variables	Crude OR with 95% CI	Adjusted OR with 95% CI
		Stunting	Wasting	Under weight
Maternal employment
Unemployed	1	1	1	1
Employed	0.87(0.49,1.55)	0.87(0.49,1.55)	0.75(0.34,1.66)	0.83(0.41,1.69)
Education
Can't read & write	1	1	1	1
Literate	0.45(0.24,0.86)	0.37(0.19,0.74)*	0.53(0.15,1.80)	0.48(0.22, 1.07)
Maternal age
15– 34	1	1	1	1
35– 54	1.58(0.92,2.72)	1.58(0.92,2.72)	0.53(0.25,1.11)	0.54(0.27,1.08)
Child age
6 – 23	1	1	1	1
24 – 59	0.39(0.82,1.02)	0.36(0.17,0.77)*	1.97(0.45,8.64)	0.42(0.18,1.01)
Household Wealth
First	1	1	1	1
Second	0.39(0.41,1.11)	0.38(0.13,1.09)	0.79(0.17,3.69)	0.56(0.23,1.82)
Third	0.35(0.13,0.98)	0.32(0.12,0.93)	0.37(0.09,1.49)	0.65(0.20,2.11)
Fourth	0.34(0.12,0.93)	0.35(0.12,1.10)	0.43(0.11,1.74)	0.74(0.22,2.47)
Fifth	0.28(0.10,0.77)	0.28(0.10,0.77) *	0.34(0.09,1.32)	0.58(0.18,1.86)

^*P< 0.05