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. 2022 Jan 11;13:1–12. doi: 10.2147/PHMT.S344715

Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with child development delay in Southwest Ethiopia, 2021

Factors Category Developmental Delay COR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) P-value
Yes No
Education No formal education 28 93 1.0
Formal education 121 265 0.7(0.9,3.1)
Occupation Home worker 85 279 1.0 1.0
Outside home 64 79 2.7(1.6,5.5) 2.9(1.8,4.8) 0.001*
Place of delivery Health institution 137 345 1.0
Home 12 13 2.3(1.7,3.8)
Gestation 37–42 week 88 239 1.0 1.0
<37 week 31 14 6.0(3.0,11.8) 3.2(1.4,7.0) 0.001*
>42 week 30 105 0.8(0.6,1.9) 0.9(0.6,1.6) 0.85
Complementary feeding At 6month 51 172 1.0 1.0
< 6month 38 43 3.0(1.7,5.0) 2.5(1.4,4.6) 0.03*
>6month 60 143 1.4(0.9,2.2) 1.2(0.7,1.9) 0.745
Twin pregnancy Yes 15 15 1.0
No 134 343 0.39
Stunting Stunted 82 99 3.2(2.1,4.7) 3.0 (1.9,4.7) 0.0001*
Not stunted 67 259 1.0 1.0
Underweight Underweight 22 19 3.1(1.6,5.9) 2.3(1.1,4.7) 0.025*
Not underweight 127 339 1.0 1.0
Parity <5 141 357 1.0
≥5 8 1 1.4(0.9,2.1)
Birth interval ≥2 years 58 157 1.0
<2 years 91 201 1.5(0.9,2.4)
Dietary diversity ≥4 8 39 1.0 1.0
<4 141 319 3.3(0.9,4.7) 3.1(1.3,7.5) 0.011*
Maternal age Young 24 23 4.5(2.2,9.3)
Middle 100 226 1.9(1.7,3.1)
Late 25 109 1.0
Child age Toddler 87 231 0.8(0.5,1.1)
Preschool 62 127 1.0
Wealth status Lowest 20 66 1.0
Second 35 119 1.4(0.3,1.2)
Middle 45 61 1.2(0.3,1.1)
Fourth 23 61 1.5(0.8,2.8)
Fifth 26 51 0.7(0.3,1.5)

Notes: *Refers to statistical significance at p-value below 0.05.