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. 2021 Aug 18;87(1):85. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3286

Table 4.

Risk factor for clustering of stunting among children under the age of five years in nine kebele, Boricha, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.


VARIABLES CASES WITHIN IDENTIFIED SPATIAL CLUSTER UNADJUSTED OR ADJUSTED OR

YES (%) NO (%) OR 95% CI OR 95% CI

Food insecurity Secured 95 (48.2) 102 (51.8%) 1 Ref 1 Ref

Mild food insecurity 90 (75.0%) 30 (25.0%) 3.22 1.96–5.31 2.89 1.72–4.89

Moderate food insecurity 101 (50.5%) 99 (49.5%) 1.10 0.74–1.62 0.97 0.63–1.49

Severe food insecurity 274 (36.4%) 478 (63.6%) 0.62 0.45–0.84 0.42 0.30–0.60

Wealth index Poorest 173 (53.6%) 150 (46.4%) 1 Ref 1 Ref

Poor 88 (35.6%) 159 (64.4%) 0.48 0.34–0.67 0.37 0.25–0.54

Medium 65 (27.9%) 168 (72.1%) 0.34 0.23–0.48 0.25 0.17–0.37

Rich 138 (52.7%) 124 (47.3%) 0.96 0.69–1.34 0.74 0.51–1.06

Richest 96 (47.1%) 108 (52.9%) 0.77 0.54–1.09 0.60 0.40–0.91

Mother’s age (in years) 560 (44.1%) 709 (55.9%) 0.99 0.97–1.01 0.94 0.92–0.96

Mother’s education Illiterate 356 (48.9%) 372 (51.1%) 1 Ref 1 Re

Primary 196 (38.7%) 311 (61.3%) 0.66 0.52–0.83 0.39 0.29–0.53

Secondary and above 8 (23.5%) 26 (76.5%) 0.32 0.14–0.72 0.18 0.07–0.48

Mother’s occupation Farmers and housewife 501 (45.3%) 605 (54.7%) 1 Ref 1 Ref

Employed/merchant 49 (38.0%) 80 (62.0%) 0.74 0.51–1.08 0.59 0.39–0.90

Others 10 (29.4%) 24 (70.6%) 0.50 0.24–1.06 0.50 0.18–1.42

Altitude 560 (44.1%) 709 (55.9%) 1.00 0.99–1.003 1.00 0.99–1.003