TABLE 4.

Factors associated with stunting among children 6–59 months old in Kersa, 2019

Variables		cOR (95% CI)	p‐value	aOR (95% CI)	p‐value
Child age (in months)	36–59	1.5 (1.07–2.16)*	0.02	1.6 (1.07–2.37)**	0.022
	18–35	2.2 (1.62–3.05)*	0.000	2.4 (1.65–3.47)**	0.000
	6–17	1		1
Sex	Male	1.2 (0.94–1.61)	0.125	0.8 (0.59–1.04)	0.094
	Female	1		1
Other U5 child	None	1.6 (0.99–2.58)	0.056	1.6 (0.90–2.79)	0.108
	Yes	1		1
Maternal education	No formal	0.9 (0.65–1.11)	0.24	1.0 (0.64–1.57)	0.61
	Formal	1		1
Maternal occupation	Farmer	1.6 (1.11–2.15)*	0.01	1.2 (0.75–1.82)	0.49
	Nonfarmer	1		1
Paternal education	No formal	0.9 (0.66–1.12)	0.26	0.8 (0.51–1.26)	0.335
	Formal	1		1
Maternal age	Maternal age	1.0 (0.98–1.02)	0.63	1.0 (0.97–1.01)	0.401
Maternal BMI (kg/m2)	Underweight	2.9 (1.57–5.17)*	0.001	2.5 (1.32–4.72)**	0.005
	Normal	2.2 (1.32–3.74)*	0.003	1.9 (1.08–3.28)**	0.026
	Overweight and obese	1		1
Water source	Nonpiped	1.7 (1.29–2.20)*	0.000	1.5 (1.07–2.00)**	0.017
	Piped clean	1		1
Point‐of‐use treatment of drinking water	Nothing	1.9 (1.43–2.64)*	0.000	1.9 (1.31–2.85)**	0.001
	Boiling	1.1 (0.78–1.64)	0.511	1.1 (0.73–1.69)	0.622
	Chlorination	1		1

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; cOR, crude odds ratio; U5, under‐5.

^*Denotes significant association in the binary logistic regression analysis.

^**Denotes statistically significant association in the multivariable analysis, p‐values less than 0.05.