Table 3.
Factors associated with overweight/obese mother and stunted child
| Parameters | Overweight/obese mother and stunted child | |||
| Yes No (%) | No No (%) | χ2 | P value | |
| Mothers characteristics | ||||
| Age (years) | 2.4 | 0.124 | ||
| <30 | 14 (8.0) | 160 (92.0) | ||
| >30 | 17 (13.5) | 109 (86.5) | ||
| Family setting | 0.07 | 0.788 | ||
| Monogamy | 27 (10.3) | 236 (89.7) | ||
| Polygamy | 4(11.8) | 30 (88.2) | ||
| Parity | 2.2 | 0.137 | ||
| <4 | 26 (9.8) | 240 (91.2) | ||
| >4 | 6 (2.0) | 289 (92.0) | ||
| Number of children in the family | 8.3 | 0.004 | ||
| <4 | 21 (8.3) | 232 (91.7) | ||
| >4 | 10 (22.7) | 34 (77.3) | ||
| Level of education | 4.3 | 0.227 | ||
| No formal education | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | ||
| Primary | 11 (15.3) | 61 (84.7) | ||
| Secondary | 16 (10.3) | 139 (89.7) | ||
| Tertiary | 4 (6.2) | 65 (94.2) | ||
| Residence | 6.1 | 0.014 | ||
| Rural | 22 (14.7) | 128 (85.3) | ||
| Urban | 9 (6.0) | 141 (94.0) | ||
| Height (cm) | 7.8 | 0.005 | ||
| <152 | 7 (25.9) | 20 (74.1) | ||
| >152 | 24 (8.8) | 249 (91.2) | ||
| Social class | 1.03 | 0.597 | ||
| Upper | 1 (5.3) | 18 (94.7) | ||
| Middle | 4 (8.0) | 46 (92.0) | ||
| Lower | 26 (11.3) | 205 (88.7) | ||
| Children characteristics | ||||
| Age (months) | 6.5 | 0.167 | ||
| 0-11 | 3 (4.9) | 58 (95.1) | ||
| 12-23 | 13 (14.4) | 77 (85.5) | ||
| 24-35 | 4 (6.6) | 57 (93.4) | ||
| 36-47 | 4 (8.7) | 42 (91.3) | ||
| 48-59 | 7 (16.7) | 35 (83.3) | ||
| Gender | 0.781 | 0.377 | ||
| Male | 17 (12.0) | 125 (88.0) | ||
| Female | 14 (8.9) | 144 (91.1) | ||
| Birth order | 0.38 | 0.537 | ||
| 1-4 | 28 (10.0) | 251 (90.0) | ||
| >5 | 3 (14.3) | 18 (85.7) | ||