Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Women: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Moyale District, Borena Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 5

Association between undernutrition and independent variables among lactating women in Moyale District, Borana, Southern Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	Category	Undernutrition (BMI < 18.5 kg/h^2)		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)	value
		Yes	No
Residence	Urban	19	166	1 (0.001)
	Rural	75	271	2.433 (1.41–4.17)
Age of breastfeeding child	<6	27	208	1 (0.001)
	6–12	47	136	1.66 (0.88–3.10)
	12–24	20	94	0.622 (0.343–1.12)
Postnatal care received	Yes	27	129	1
	No	67	309	1.03 (0.630–1.69)
Extra/additional meal used	Yes	77	254	1	1
	No	17	184	3.26 (1.87–5.705)	2.76 (1.43–5.29)	0.002
Delivery place	Health institution	14	106	1	1
	At home	80	332	1.830 (0.996–3.363)	2.65 (1.24–5.65)	0.012
Water source of the household	Improved	55	311	0.58 (0.37–0.92)
	Unimproved	39	127	1 (0.19)
Family monthly income	>4500	4	46	1	1
	3000–45000	18	146	2.32 (1.24–4.34)
	1500–3000	52	211	4.60 (2.205–9.61)
	<1500	20	35	6.57 (2.06–20.96)	5.222 (1.40–19.4)	0.014
Educational level of women	Illiterate	57	242	1
	Primary	27	140
	High school	9	33
	Diploma and above	1	23	0.16 (0.019–1.35)
Educational level of husband	Illiterate	54	184	1
	Primary	21	137
	High school	15	71
	Diploma and above	3	43	0.333 ((0.90–1.21)
Age of respondent	15–25	67	249	1
	16–35	24	168	1.87 (1.129–3.105)
	36–49	3	21	1.88 (0.545–6.505)
Dietary diversity score	≥mean score	29	267	1	1
	<mean score	65	171	3.49 (2.16–5.62)	2.495 (1.43–4.36)	0.001
Household food security level	Secured	15	262	1	1
	Unsecured	79	176	7.81 (4.36–14.00)	6.57 (3.501–12.34)	0.001

Statistically significant at valuev.