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Table 4 Factors associated with educational performance at primary schools of Hawa Gelan District, Oromia Region, Southwest Ethiopia, 2016, (N = 630)

From: Predictors of academic performance with due focus on undernutrition among students attending primary schools of Hawa Gelan district, Southwest Ethiopia: a school based cross sectional study

Explanatory Variables

Educational performance

COR 95% CI

AOR 95% CI

 

Good (≥50%) (76.8) 484

Poor (<50%) (23.2) 146

Sex of the student 484

 Male

246

59

1.00

1.00

 Female

238

87

1.52 (1.13,4.47)

1.48 (1.16, 3.82)*

Grade attended

 Grade 2-4

190

32

1.00

1.00

 Above Grade 4

294

114

2.30 (1.72, 5.36)

2.12 (1.98, 4.87)*

Current parental marital status

 Married

333

110

1.00

 

 Divorced/widowed

151

36

0.72 (0.58, 0.94)

0.84 (0.69, 1.20)

Parental family size

 Less than five

167

52

1.00

1.00

 Five and above

317

94

0.95 (0.69,2.30)

0.86 (0.67,1.98)

Parental education

 No formal education

148

25

1.00

1.00

 Attend formal education

336

121

2.13 (1.82, 5.75)

2.18 (1.43, 4.72)*

Household monthly income

 Less 1000ETB

145

19

1.00

1.00

 1000-2000ETB

165

59

2.73 (1.82, 4.94)

2.51 (2.12, 5.18)*

 More than 2000ETB

174

68

2.98 (2.13, 6.11)

2.85 (2.01, 5.21)*

Parental support during homework

 Yes

267

98

1.00

1.00

 No

217

48

0.60 (0.23, 0.94)

0.57 (0.19, 0.98)*

Parental follow up at school

 Yes

352

114

1.00

1.00

 No

132

32

0.74 (0.39, 0.92)

0.72 (0.24, 1.36)

Participant stunted

 No

378

122

1.00

1.00

 Yes

106

24

0.70 (.21, 0.94)

0.68 (0.15,0.85)*

Participant underweight

 No

408

132

1.00

1.00

 Yes

76

14

0.56 (0.17, 0.82)

0.48 (0.14, 0.84)*

Participant wasted

 No

422

128

1.00

1.00

 Yes

62

18

0.95 (0.53, 2.86)

0.86 (0.46, 2.23)

  1. *indicates statistically significant association