Household Food Insecurity, Underweight Status, and Associated Characteristics among Women of Reproductive Age Group in Assayita District, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia
Table 2
Multivariate analysis on underweight among 15–49-year-old women in households of Assayita district, Afar, Ethiopia, June 2015 ().
Variables
Underweight status
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Maternal age (years)
15–19 (Ref)
23 (4.7)
21 (4.3)
44
1.00
1.00
20–29
48 (9.8)
67 (13.7)
115
0.65 (0.33 to 1.32)
0.44 (0.17 to 1.17)
30–39
96 (19.6)
173 (35.3)
269
0.51 (0.27 to 0.96)
0.10 (0.04 to 0.27)
40–49
34 (6.9)
28 (5.7)
62
1.11 (0.51 to 2.41)
0.78 (0.26 to 2.32)
Marital status
Married (Ref)
178 (36.6)
279 (56.9)
457
1.00
1.00
Never married
23 (4.7)
10 (2.0)
33
3.61 (1.68 to 7.75)
8.58 (2.98 to 24.73)
Family size
1–3 (Ref)
14 (2.9)
23 (4.7)
37
1.00
1.00
4–7
95 (19.4)
214 (43.7)
309
0.73 (0.36 to 1.48)
0.66 (0.16 to 2.68)
>7
92 (18.8)
52 (10.6)
144
2.91 (1.38 to 6.13)
0.86 (0.17 to 4.27)
Parity
0
10 (2.0)
5 (1.0)
15
1.32 (0.44 to 3.99)
0.76 (0.09 to 6.17)
1-2
15 (3.1)
75 (15.3)
90
0.13 (0.07 to 0.25)
0.28 (0.09 to 0.83)
3-4
50 (10.2)
126 (25.7)
176
0.26 (0.17 to 0.40)
0.58 (0.26 to 1.28)
≥5 (Ref)
126 (25.7)
83 (16.9)
209
1.00
1.00
Number of children below 5 years of age
0 (Ref)
30 (6.1)
96 (19.6)
126
1.00
1.00
1
29 (5.9)
102 (20.8)
131
0.10 (0.03 to 0.34)
2.77 (1.08 to 7.07)
≥2
142 (29.0)
91 (18.6)
233
4.99 (3.07 to 8.13)
9.27 (3.36 to 25.59)
HFIAS categories
Secure (Ref)
29 (5.9)
116 (23.7)
145
1.00
1.00
Mild food insecurity
45 (9.2)
83 (16.9)
128
2.17 (1.26 to 3.74)
1.35 (0.65 to 2.82)
Moderate food insecurity
73 (14.9)
75 (15.3)
148
3.89 (2.32 to 6.54)
2.66 (1.27 to 5.58)
Severe food insecurity
54 (11.0)
15 (3.1)
69
14.40 (7.14 to 29.06)
6.99 (2.66 to 18.38)
Vocation
Agropastoral (Ref)
88 (18.0)
163 (33.3)
239
1.00
1.00
Pastoral
113 (23.1)
126 (25.7)
(251)
1.66 (1.16 to 2.39)
2.14 (1.33 to 3.44)
Ref: reference category; value < 0.05, which was considered significant.
