Research Article
Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Adolescent Girls in Damot Sore District, Southern Ethiopia
Table 2
Factors associated with stunting during bivariable and multivariable analysis among adolescent girls in Damot Sore Woreda, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.
| | Variables | Stunting | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | | Yes (N, %) | No (N, %) |
| | Girls’ age | | | | | | 10–14 years | 112 (25.7) | 323 (74.3) | 1 | 1 | | 15–19 years | 101 (35.6) | 183 (64.4) | 1.60 (1.15–2.20) | 2.06 (1.08–3.92) |
| | Mother’s age | | | | | | 35–49 years | 147 (28.8) | 364 (71.2) | 1 | 1 | | 20–34 years | 21 (23.3) | 69 (76.7) | 0.75 (0.45–1.27) | 0.71 (0.40–1.24) | | ≥50 years | 45 (38.1) | 73 (61.9) | 1.53 (1.01–2.32) | 1.26 (0.80–1.98) |
| | Family size | | | | | | ≤5 | 91 (32.3) | 191 (67.7) | 1.23 (0.89–1.70) | 1.30 (0.91–1.86) | | >5 | 122 (27.9) | 315 (72.1) | 1 | 1 |
| | Father’s occupation | | | | | | Farmer | 93 (26.2) | 262 (73.8) | 1 | 1 | | Merchant | 86 (32.7) | 177 (67.3) | 1.37 (0.96–1.94) | 1.48 (0.99–2.20) | | Daily labourer | 12 (28.6) | 30 (71.4) | 1.13 (0.55–2.30) | 1.05 (0.49–2.27) | | Government employee | 14 (35.0) | 26 (65.0) | 1.52 (0.76–3.03) | 1.86 (0.60–5.79) | | Others | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | 2.05 (0.80–5.25) | 1.62 (0.56–4.61) |
| | Mother’s occupation | | | | | | Housewife | 90 (28.4) | 227 (71.6) | 1 | 1 | | Merchant | 70 (24.5) | 216 (75.5) | 0.82 (0.57–1.18) | 0.78 (0.53–1.17) | | Farmer | 30 (45.5) | 36 (54.5) | 2.10 (1.22–3.62) | 2.38 (1.31–4.33) | | Government employee | 17 (53.1) | 15 (46.9) | 2.86 (1.37–5.97) | 3.05 (1.35–6.92) | | Others | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) | 1.26 (0.46–3.46) | 1.42 (0.49–4.11) |
| | Father’s education | | | | | | No formal education | 58 (30.4) | 133 (69.6) | 1 | 1 | | Primary education | 69 (24.5) | 213 (75.5) | 0.74 (0.49–1.12) | 0.64 (0.41–1.03) | | Secondary education | 68 (36.4) | 119 (63.6) | 1.31 (0.85–2.01) | 1.19 (0.73–1.93) | | More than secondary education | 18 (30.5) | 41 (69.5) | 1.01 (0.53–1.89) | 0.69 (0.24–1.98) |
| | Mother’s education | | | | | | No formal education | 101 (34.8) | 189 (65.2) | 1 | 1 | | Primary education | 83 (26.7) | 228 (73.3) | 0.68 (0.48–0.96) | 0.69 (0.47–1.02) | | Secondary education | 23 (27.7) | 60 (72.3) | 0.72 (0.42–1.23) | 0.53 (0.28–0.98) | | More than secondary education | 6 (17.1) | 29 (82.9) | 0.38 (0.16–0.96) | 0.25 (0.09–0.69) |
| | Number of meals per day | | | | | | Three times | 130 (28.9) | 320 (71.1) | 1 | 1 | | ≥four times | 49 (28.0) | 126 (72.0) | 0.96 (0.65–1.41) | 1.08 (0.70–1.67) | | ≤two times | 34 (36.2) | 60 (63.8) | 1.39 (0.87–2.23) | 1.52 (0.91–2.53) |
| | Soap using when washing hands | | | | | | ≤two times | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) | 2.28 (0.76–6.87) | 2.47 (0.73–8.43) | | Three times | 155 (31.3) | 340 (68.7) | 1.38 (0.96–1.99) | 1.36 (0.91–2.02) | | ≥ four times | 52 (24.8) | 158 (75.2) | 1 | 1 |
| | Started menarche | | | | | | No | 102 (27.1) | 275 (72.9) | 1 | 1 | | Yes | 111 (32.5) | 231 (67.5) | 1.29 (0.94–1.78) | 0.72 (0.38–1.35) |
| | Wealth index | | | | | | Higher/rich | 65 (25.0) | 195 (75.0) | 1 | 1 | | Medium | 50 (23.1) | 166 (76.9) | 0.90 (0.59–1.38) | 0.86 (0.55–1.35) | | Lower/poor | 98 (40.3) | 145 (59.7) | 2.03 (1.38–2.96) | 1.94 (1.29–2.92) |
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