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Table 3 Factors associated with stunting among the primary school children, Meket Woreda, 2015

From: The relationship between school meals with thinness and stunting among primary school students, in Meket Wereda, Ethiopia: comparing schools with feeding and non-feeding program

Variables

Stunting

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

Stunted(n = 600)

Not stunted (n = 491)

Ethnicity

 Amhara

583 (97.2)

487 (99.2)

1.00

1.00

 Agew

17 (2.8)

4 (0.8)

3.5 (1.1,10.6)

3.9 (1.2,12.3)

Educational status of the mother

 Have no formal education

555 (92.5)

424 (86.4)

1.9 (1.3,2.9)

2.1 (1.4,3.3)

 Have formal education

45 (7.5)

67 (13.6)

1.00

1.00

Drinking water

 Pipe or protected

117 (19.5)

143 (29.1)

1.00

1.00

 River and unprotected spring

483 (80.5)

348 (70.9)

1.6 (1.2,2.2)

1.5 (1.1,2.1)

Frequency of food intake at home per 24 h

 1 times

28 (4.7)

9 (1.8)

2.6 (1.2,5.6)

2.6 (1.2,5.9)

  > =2 times

572 (95.3)

482 (98.2)

1.00

1.00

Take meals at school

 Yes

420 (70.0)

298 (60.7)

1.5 (1.1,1.9)

 

 No

180 (30.0)

193 (39.3)

1.00

 

Sex of students

 Male

335 (55.8)

205 (41.8)

1.7 (1.3,2.2)

1.6 (1.3,2.1)

 Female

265 (44.2)

286 (58.2)

1.00

1.00

Family use latrine

 Yes

391 (65.2)

365 (74.3)

1.00

 

 No

209 (34.8)

126 (25.7)

1.5 (1.1,2.0)

 

Frequent diet the child take at home

 Shero

431 (71.8)

281 (57.2)

1.9 (1.4,2.4)

1.7 (1.3,2.3)

 Shero, kik, meat, vegetable and milk

169 (28.2)

210 (42.8)

1.00

1.00

  1. AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, COR Crude Odds Ratio, 95%CI 95 % confidence interval, Shero Stew made from legume flour, kik Split legumes stew.