Table 1.

Factors associated with wasting and underweight among children aged 6–59 months at Sodo Zuria district, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia, June 2017 (n = 342)

Explanatory variables	Under weight		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Yes	No
Child sex
Male	9	124	1.0	1.0
Female	40	169	1.8 (1.3–2.7)*	1.6 (0.7–1.3)
Paternal formal education
Yes	29	82	1.0	1.0
No	33	111	2.8 (2.3–3.9)*	5.4 (2.5–9.1)*
Ownership of livestock
Yes	41	193	1.0
No	8	100	1.4 (1.1–1.9)
Place of delivery
Health facility	39	233	1.0
Home	10	60	0.6 (0.4–0.9)*
Availability of latrine
Yes	41	208	1.0	1.0
No	8	85	1.6 (2.1–4.5)	1.7 (0.5–1.6)
Fed pre-lactation feeding
No	39	262	1.0	1.0
Yes	10	31	2.9 (2.3–6.1)	0.6 (0.9–2.6)
Diarrheal morbidity in the last 2 weeks
No	29	224	1.0	1.0
Yes	20	175	2.3 (2.1–3.8)*	2.8 (1.8–4.4)*

Explanatory variables	Wasting		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Yes	No
Child sex
Male	17	143	143	3.2 (1.9–5.3)*
Female	21	161	161	1.0
Age at complementary feeding started (in months)
≥ 6	33	225	225	1.0
< 6	5	4	4	2.2 (1.8–3.9)*
Immunization
Yes	34	293	293	1.0
No	4	11	11	1.7 (0.8–3.8)
Ever use of family planning
Yes	18	152	152	1.0
No	20	152	152	1.7 (0.6–2.1)
Initiation of breast feeding
Within 1 h of delivery	24	204	204	1.0
After 1 h of delivery	14	100	100	1.6 (0.7–5.3)
Pre-lactation feeding
No	35	266	266	1.0
Yes	3	38	38	1.5 (0.9–2.4)
Availability of latrine
Yes	20	239	239	1.0
No	18	75	75	1.5 (0.8–2.2)
Diarrheal morbidity in the last 2 weeks
No	17	236	236	1.0
Yes	21	68	68	2.8 (2.2–7.4)*

*statistically significant at p<0.05