Table 4.
Risk factor for clustering of stunting among children under the age of five years in nine kebele, Boricha, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.
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VARIABLES | CASES WITHIN IDENTIFIED SPATIAL CLUSTER | UNADJUSTED OR | ADJUSTED OR | ||||
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YES (%) | NO (%) | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||
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Food insecurity | Secured | 95 (48.2) | 102 (51.8%) | 1 | Ref | 1 | Ref |
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Mild food insecurity | 90 (75.0%) | 30 (25.0%) | 3.22 | 1.96–5.31 | 2.89 | 1.72–4.89 | |
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Moderate food insecurity | 101 (50.5%) | 99 (49.5%) | 1.10 | 0.74–1.62 | 0.97 | 0.63–1.49 | |
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Severe food insecurity | 274 (36.4%) | 478 (63.6%) | 0.62 | 0.45–0.84 | 0.42 | 0.30–0.60 | |
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Wealth index | Poorest | 173 (53.6%) | 150 (46.4%) | 1 | Ref | 1 | Ref |
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Poor | 88 (35.6%) | 159 (64.4%) | 0.48 | 0.34–0.67 | 0.37 | 0.25–0.54 | |
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Medium | 65 (27.9%) | 168 (72.1%) | 0.34 | 0.23–0.48 | 0.25 | 0.17–0.37 | |
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Rich | 138 (52.7%) | 124 (47.3%) | 0.96 | 0.69–1.34 | 0.74 | 0.51–1.06 | |
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Richest | 96 (47.1%) | 108 (52.9%) | 0.77 | 0.54–1.09 | 0.60 | 0.40–0.91 | |
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Mother’s age (in years) | 560 (44.1%) | 709 (55.9%) | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 | 0.94 | 0.92–0.96 | |
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Mother’s education | Illiterate | 356 (48.9%) | 372 (51.1%) | 1 | Ref | 1 | Re |
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Primary | 196 (38.7%) | 311 (61.3%) | 0.66 | 0.52–0.83 | 0.39 | 0.29–0.53 | |
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Secondary and above | 8 (23.5%) | 26 (76.5%) | 0.32 | 0.14–0.72 | 0.18 | 0.07–0.48 | |
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Mother’s occupation | Farmers and housewife | 501 (45.3%) | 605 (54.7%) | 1 | Ref | 1 | Ref |
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Employed/merchant | 49 (38.0%) | 80 (62.0%) | 0.74 | 0.51–1.08 | 0.59 | 0.39–0.90 | |
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Others | 10 (29.4%) | 24 (70.6%) | 0.50 | 0.24–1.06 | 0.50 | 0.18–1.42 | |
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Altitude | 560 (44.1%) | 709 (55.9%) | 1.00 | 0.99–1.003 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.003 | |
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