Table 4.

Factors associated with stunting among children aged 24–59 months in Aykel town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Stunted		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
	Yes	No
Maternal education
Unable to read and write	24	49	2.07 (0.86,4.96)	1.91 (0.51,7.18)
Read and write only	1	3	1.40 (0.13,15.20)	2.82 (0.04,189.00)
Primary education	25	33	3.20 (1.30,7.81)	2.55 (0.69,9.47)
Secondary education	36	96	1.58 (69.00,3.60)	1.77 (0.56,5.66)
Diploma and above	28	106	1	1
Paternal education
Unable to read and write	33	55	2.26 (1.14,4.49)	1.92 (0.55,6.76)
Read and write only	0	8	0.00 (0.00,-)	0.00 (0.00, −)
Primary education	24	40	2.26 (1.08,4.70)	1.36 (0.41,4.59)
Secondary education	31	77	1.52 (0.77,2.99)	1.17 (0.43,3.21)
Diploma and above	26	107	1	1
Child age (month)
24–35	40	115	1.08 (0.62,1.85)	1.09 (0.57,2.07)
36–47	46	85	1.68 (0.98,2.90)	1.33 (0.69,2.55)
48–60	28	87	1	1
Birth order
1st	56	155	1.56 (0.61,4.00)	8.60 (2.4, 3.70)**
2nd -4th	52	106	2.13 (0.82,5.48)	5.80 (1.8,18.90)**
≥ 5th	6	26	1	1
Adequacy of water
Adequate	23	82	0.63 (0.37,1.06)	0.81 (0.42,1.56)
Inadequate	91	205	1	1
Meal frequency
< 3/day	61	57	4.64 (2.90,7.42)	5.09 (2.96, 8.74)***
≥ 3/day	53	230	1	1
Family size
≤ 4	60	212	0.39 (0.25,0.62)	0.27 (0.14,0.54)***
> 4	54	75	1	1
Hand washing practice
Not good	50	103	1.39 (0.89,2.17)	1.40 (0.83, 2.32)
Good	64	184	1	1
Paternal occupation
Farmer	37	55	1.57 (0.38,6.46)	1.33 (0.26,6.73)
Civil servant	35	122	0.67 (0.16,2.72)	0.85 (0.14,5.16)
Merchant	24	67	0.84 (0.20,3.49)	1.00 (0.18,5.44)
Private employee	8	13	1.44 (0.29,7.20)	1.13 (0.16,8.23)
Daily labourers	7	23	0.71 (0.14,3.50)	0.75 (0.12,4.78)
Hand craft	3	7	1	1

** Statistically significant variables at p < 0.01, *** statistically significant variables at p < 0.001, the result of Hosmer and Lemshow test was > 0.24