Table 1.
Variable | Categories | Underweight | Person chi square(p-value) |
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Normal (%) |
Moderately underweight (%) |
Severely underweight (%) |
Total count |
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Region | Tigray | 76.67 | 18.45 | 4.88 | 943 | 298.05 |
Afar | 61.11 | 21.87 | 17.02 | 846 | (<0.001) | |
Amhara | 71.14 | 20.69 | 8.17 | 894 | ||
Oromia | 77.55 | 17.79 | 6.66 | 1381 | ||
Somali | 73.25 | 17.61 | 9.15 | 1170 | ||
Benishangul | 65.62 | 22.37 | 12.01 | 733 | ||
SNNPR | 78.59 | 14.90 | 6.51 | 1121 | ||
Gambela | 80.29 | 13.08 | 6.63 | 558 | ||
Harari | 80.17 | 14.16 | 5.66 | 459 | ||
Addis Ababa | 95.52 | 4.23 | 0.25 | 402 | ||
Dire Dawa | 73.36 | 17.99 | 8.64 | 428 | ||
Residence | Urban | 86.17 | 10.16 | 3.67 | 1634 | 140.04 |
Rural | 72.21 | 18.70 | 9.09 | 7301 | (<0.001) | |
Mother education |
No education | 70.10 | 19.75 | 10.15 | 5695 | 221.04 |
Primary | 80.27 | 14.38 | 5.35 | 2316 | (<0.001) | |
Secondary &higher | 89.72 | 7.90 | 2.38 | 924 | ||
Toilet | No | 69.04 | 20.21 | 10.75 | 3999 | 134.22 |
Yes | 79.40 | 14.65 | 5.96 | 4936 | (<0.001) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 78.52 | 16.16 | 5.31 | 2710 | 75.62 |
Muslim | 71.39 | 18.32 | 10.28 | 4415 | (<0.001) | |
Other | 77.35 | 15.69 | 6.96 | 1810 | ||
Wealth index | Poor | 68.03 | 20.48 | 11.49 | 4776 | 321.63 |
Middle | 75.62 | 18.09 | 6.29 | 1288 | (<0.001) | |
Rich | 85.58 | 11.15 | 3.27 | 2871 | ||
marital status | Married | 74.75 | 17.14 | 8.10 | 8366 | 0.004 |
Single | 74.87 | 17.05 | 8.08 | 569 | (0.998) | |
Mother occupation |
No work | 74.11 | 17.11 | 8.78 | 5249 | 7.98 |
Had work | 75.69 | 17.17 | 7.14 | 3686 | (0.018) | |
Birth order | First | 79.83 | 14.22 | 5.95 | 1765 | 63.68 |
2–3 | 76.95 | 16.07 | 6.97 | 2868 | (<0.001) | |
4 & above | 71.22 | 19.04 | 9.74 | 7302 | ||
Birth type | Single | 75.03 | 17.06 | 7.91 | 8733 | 22.09 |
Multiple | 63.37 | 20.30 | 16.34 | 202 | (<0.001) | |
Sex child | Male | 73.56 | 17.97 | 8.47 | 4568 | 7.22 |
Female | 76.02 | 16.26 | 7.72 | 4367 | (0.027) | |
Birth size | Small | 67.01 | 20.86 | 12.13 | 2498 | 142.53 |
Average | 75.88 | 16.99 | 7.14 | 3768 | (<0.001) | |
Large | 80.44 | 13.86 | 5.70 | 2668 | ||
Diarrhea | No | 75.28 | 16.93 | 7.78 | 7901 | 12.64 |
Yes | 70.79 | 18.67 | 10.54 | 1034 | (0.002) | |
Fever | No | 75.28 | 16.71 | 8.01 | 7654 | 8.12 |
Yes | 71.66 | 19.67 | 8.67 | 1281 | (0.017) | |
Cough | No | 74.86 | 17.10 | 8.05 | 7445 | 0.27 |
Yes | 74.30 | 17.32 | 8.39 | 1490 | (0.875) | |
Number of house hold member |
4 & less | 77.90 | 15.41 | 6.69 | 2421 | 21.34 |
5–6 | 74.50 | 16.95 | 8.54 | 3079 | (<0.001) | |
7 and above | 72.78 | 18.52 | 8.70 | 3435 | ||
Body mass index |
Thin | 65.31 | 22.37 | 12.32 | 2110 | 205.95 |
Normal | 76.07 | 16.53 | 7.40 | 5983 | (<0.001) | |
Overweight | 89.19 | 8.31 | 2.49 | 842 | ||
Age child | Less than 6 | 88.27 | 7.07 | 4.66 | 1202 | 210.25 |
6–11 | 83.27 | 10.85 | 5.88 | 765 | (<0.001) | |
12–23 | 74.32 | 16.75 | 8.93 | 1803 | ||
24–35 | 70.56 | 19.22 | 10.22 | 1722 | ||
36–47 | 70.87 | 20.57 | 8.55 | 1672 | ||
48–59 | 70.13 | 21.80 | 8.07 | 1771 | ||
Mother age at 1st birth |
18 & less | 72.79 | 18.60 | 8.61 | 4436 | 18.39 |
>18 | 76.71 | 15.69 | 7.60 | 4499 | (<0.001) | |
Duration of breast feeding |
Ever breast | 72.17 | 19.35 | 8.47 | 4614 | 42.33 |
Never breast | 72.84 | 18.81 | 8.36 | 335 | (<0.001) | |
Still breast | 77.92 | 14.43 | 7.65 | 3986 | ||
Source of water | Not improved | 72.06 | 18.48 | 9.46 | 3561 | 25.55 |
Improved | 76.55 | 16.24 | 7.20 | 5374 | (<0.001) |