Table 7.
Factors associated with underweight among under-five children in Dubti district, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 840).
| Variables | Category | Underweight | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
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| Yes (%) | No (%) | ||||
| Mother's occupation | Housewife | 156 (23.0) | 522 (77.0) | 1 | 1 |
| Working | 52 (32.1) | 110 (67.9) | 1.48 (1.08–2.30) | 1.68 (0.87–3.38) | |
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| Mother education | Illiterate | 197 (27.1) | 529 (72.9) | 3.49 (1.83–6.63) | 4.06 (2.01–8.19)∗ |
| Educated | 11 (9.6) | 103 (90.4) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Child's sex | Male | 149 (31.3) | 327 (68.7) | 2.36 (1.67–3.31) | 1.83 (1.29–2.94)∗ |
| Female | 59 (16.2) | 305 (83.8) | 1 | 1 | |
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| Initiation of breastfeeding | Within one hour | 77 (21.9) | 275 (78.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Hours later | 131 (26.8) | 357 (73.2) | 1.31 (0.95–1.81) | 0.82 (0.57–2.23) | |
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| Child immunization | Yes | 29 (11.5) | 223 (88.5) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 179 (30.4) | 409 (69.6) | 3.37 (2.00–5.15) | 3.17 (2.14–7.99)∗ | |
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| Ownership of livestock | Yes | 171 (23.6) | 553 (76.4) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 37 (31.9) | 79 (68.1) | 1.52 (0.99–2.32) | 1.78 (0.92–4.54) | |
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| Prelacteal feeding | Yes | 126 (35.8) | 226 (64.2) | 2.76 (1.04–3.81) | 2.81 (1.64–3.72)∗ |
| No | 82 (16.8) | 406 (83.2) | 1 | 1 | |
∗Significant at p < 0.05; COR = crude odd ratio; AOR = adjusted odd ratio; CI = confidence interval.