Table 4 factors associated with thinness of the primary school children, Meket Woreda, 2015
Variables | Thinness | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Thin(n = 340) | Not thin (n = 751) | |||
Take meals at school | ||||
Yes | 200 (58.8) | 518 (69.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
No | 140 (41.2) | 233 (31.0) | 1.5 (1.1,2.0) | 2.6 (1.8,3.8) |
Educational status of the mother | ||||
Have no formal education | 334 (98.2) | 645 (85.9) | 9.1 (3.9,21.0) | 5.3 (2.2,12.6) |
Have formal education | 6 (1.8) | 106 (14.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Possession of television | ||||
Yes | 10 (2.9) | 88 (11.7) | 1.00 | |
No | 330 (97.1) | 663 (88.3) | 4.3 (2.2,8.5) | |
Possession of radio | ||||
Yes | 31 (9.1) | 136 (18.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
No | 309 (90.9) | 615 (81.9) | 2.2 (1.4,3.3) | 1.7 (1.1,2.7) |
Sex of students | ||||
Male | 208 (61.2) | 332 (44.2) | 1.9 (1.5,2.5) | 1.9 (1.4,2.5) |
Female | 132 (38.8) | 419 (55.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Educational status of the father | ||||
Have no formal education | 294 (86.5) | 573 (76.3) | 1.9 (1.3,2.8) | |
Have formal education | 46 (13.5) | 178 (23.7) | 1.00 | |
Occupational status of the mother | ||||
Housewife | 330 (97.1) | 646 (86.0) | 5.3 (2.7,10.3 | 3.1 (1.5,6.4) |
Daily laborer and petty trader | 10 (2.9) | 105 (14.0) | 1.00 | |
Frequent diet the child take at home | ||||
Shero | 255 (75.0) | 457 (60.9) | 1.9 (1.4,2.5) | 2.7 (1.6,3.9) |
Shero, kik, meat, vegetable and milk | 85 (25.0) | 294 (39.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Frequency of food intake at home /24 h | ||||
1 times | 23 (6.8) | 14 (1.9) | 3.8 (1.9,7.5) | 3.5 (1.6,7.6) |
-- > =2 times | 317 (93.2) | 737 (98.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
The child wash his/her hand with soap before eating | ||||
Yes | 60 (17.6) | 216 (28.8) | 1.00 | |
No | 280 (82.4) | 535 (71.2) | 1.8 (1.3,2.5) | |
Marital status of the mother | ||||
Married | 314 (92.4) | 657 (87.5) | 1.7 (1.1,2.7) | |
Divorced, never married | 26 (7.6) | 94 (12.5) | 1.00 | |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 21 (6.2) | 82 (10.9) | 1.00 | |
Rural | 319 (93.8) | 669 (89.1) | 1.8 (1.1,3.0) | |