Table 4.
Multivariable binary logistic regression analysis for determinants of thinness among school going adolescent girls of Awash town, 2018 (n = 340).
| Variables | Thinness | COR (95%) | AOR (95% CI) | |
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| Yes (%) | No (%) | |||
| Fathers' occupation | ||||
| Pastoral | 1(3.3%) | 12(3.9%) | .85(.09–7.33) | .93(0.09–8.91) |
| Agro pastoral | 3(10.0%) | 36(11.6%) | .85(.22–3.33) | .83(0.17–4.15) |
| Merchant | 9(30.0%) | 86(27.7%) | 1.070(.41–2.82) | 1.49(0.47–4.72) |
| Daily laborer | 8(26.7%) | 84(27.1%) | .97(.36–2.64) | 1.39(.42–4.64) |
| Government employee | 9(30.0%) | 92(29.7%) | 1 | 1 |
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| Mothers' occupation | ||||
| Pastoral | 2(6.7%) | 19(6.1%) | 1.09(.16–7.12) | 1.97(0.23–16.46) |
| Agro pastoral | 1(3.3%) | 11(3.5%) | .94(.08–10.00) | 3.53(0.24–52.54) |
| Merchant | 9(30.0%) | 93(30.0%) | 1.0(.25–3.93) | 1.68(0.35–8.11) |
| Daily laborer | 5(16.7%) | 64(20.6%) | .81(.18–3.57) | 2.34(0.41–13.36) |
| Government employee | 10(33.3%) | 92(29.7%) | 1.12(.29–4.35) | 4.23(0.77–23.1) |
| Housewife | 3(10.0%) | 31(10.0%) | 1 | 1 |
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| Feeding habit | ||||
| As usual | 17(56.7%) | 189 (61%) | 1 | |
| More than usual | 12(40%) | 81(26.1) | 1.65 (.75–3.61) | 1.77 (0.72–4.34) |
| Less than usual | 1(3.3%) | 40(12.9%) | .28 (.04–2.15) | .25 (0.03–2.01) |
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| Eating less than usual | ||||
| Yes | 23(76.7%) | 157(50.6%) | 3.2(1.34–7.68) | 3.01(1.15–7.90) ∗ |
| No | 7(23.3%) | 153(49.4%) | 1 | |
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| DDS | ||||
| Good | 14(47) | 159(61) | 1 | 1 |
| Poor | 16(53) | 103(39) | 1.76(1.22, 4.86) | 1.8(1.14, 4.38)∗ |
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| Fruit and vegetable consumption | ||||
| Yes | 19(63.3%) | 110(35.5%) | 1 | |
| No | 11(36.7%) | 200(64.5%) | 0.32(0.15–0.69) | 0.28 (0.11–1.78) |
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| Milk consumption | ||||
| Yes | 2(6.7%) | 36(11.6%) | 1 | |
| No | 28(93.3%) | 274(88.4%) | 1.84(0.42–8.05) | 0.29(0.06–1.48) |
COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ∗significant at p < 0.05.