Table 5.
Factors associated with wasting among under-five children in Dubti district, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 840).
| Variables | Categories | Wasting | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
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| Yes (%) | No (%) | ||||
| Mother's occupation | Housewife | 103 (15.2) | 575 (84.8) | 1 | 1 |
| Working | 33 (20.4) | 129 (79.6) | 1.43 (1.12–2.65) | 1.34 (0.84–2.14) | |
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| Family size | <5 | 25 (10.0) | 224 (90.0) | 1 | 1 |
| ≥5 | 111 (18.8) | 480 (81.2) | 2.07 (1.31–3.29) | 2.72 (1.62–4.55)∗ | |
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| Place of delivery | Home | 90 (18.6) | 393 (81.4) | 1.55 (1.05–2.28) | 1.17 (0.76–2.79) |
| Health facility | 46 (12.9) | 311 (87.1) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Prelacteal feeding | Yes | 77 (21.9) | 275 (78.1) | 2.04 (1.41–2.95) | 3.81 (1.79–5.42)∗ |
| No | 59 (12.1) | 429 (87.9) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Initiation of breastfeeding | Within 1 hour | 49 (13.9) | 303 (86.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Hours later | 87 (17.8) | 401 (82.2) | 1.75 (0.51–1.09) | 0.98 (0.61–3.58) | |
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| Diarrhoea in the last two weeks | Yes | 30 (27.8) | 78 (72.2) | 2.27 (1.42–3.63) | 4.57 (2.56–8.16)∗ |
| No | 106 (14.5) | 626 (85.5) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Presence of latrine | Yes | 51 (14.1) | 311 (85.9) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 85 (17.8) | 393 (82.2) | 1.32 (0.90–1.92) | 1.65 (0.98–3.65) | |
∗Significant at p < 0.05; COR = crude odd ratio; AOR = adjusted odd ratio; CI = confidence interval.