Table 3.

Distribution of weight for age among rural school age children in Mecha, northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 396).

Variable	Weight for age
	Response	Normal*	Underweight*	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Breastfeeding	Yes	273	16	5.687 (0.560–57.796)
	No	3	1	1
Children work engagement	Yes	64	8	0.340 (0.126–0.916)
	No	212	9	1
Access to information	Yes	228	11	2.646 (0.932–7.509)
	No	47	6	1
Duration of work engagement	1–3 h	29	6	0.276 (0.052–1.473)
	4 h	35	2	1
School feeding	Yes	32	7	0.139 (.016–1.190)	0.137 (0.020–0.921)	0.041
	No	33	1	1
Water boiling	Yes	10	2	0.282 (.057–1.403)
	No	266	15	1

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; COR = crude odds ratio.

^⁎Values are presented as n (%).