Table 4 Bi-variable analysis and cross-tabulation of the outcome variable versus the covariates in children of age 6–59 months using 2016 EDHS dataset
Variable | Stunting | UOR | 95%CI | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No, freq(%) | Yes, freq(%) | ||||
Age of mother | |||||
15–19 | 138(1.74) | 102(1.29) | ref | ref | |
20–29 | 2404(30.4) | 1529(19.33) | 1.16 | 0.89,1.51 | 0.22 |
30–39 | 1866(23.59) | 1199(15.16) | 1.15 | 0.88,1.5 | 0.33 |
40–49 | 400(5.06) | 271(3.43) | 1.09 | 0.80,1.47 | 0.91 |
Overall p-value = 0.643 | |||||
Maternal height | |||||
≥ 150 cm | 4461(56.4) | 2672(33.78) | ref | ref | ref |
< 150 cm | 347(4.39) | 429(5.42) | 2.06 | 1.77–2.39 | < 0.0001 |
Anemia level of the mother | |||||
Severe | 78(1.01) | 48(0.62) | 1.008 | 0.7,1.45 | 0.96 |
Moderate | 428(5.56) | 302(3.92) | 1.15 | 0.98,1.35 | 0.07 |
Mild | 1036(13.46) | 759(9.86) | 1.2 | 1.07,1.33 | 0.0011 |
Not anemic | 3133(40.7) | 1913(24.85) | ref | ref | ref |
Anemia level of child | |||||
Severe | 135(1.77) | 165(2.17) | 2.2 | 1.73,2.79 | < 0.0001 |
Moderate | 1425(18.7) | 1030(13.52) | 1.3 | 1.16,1.45 | < 0.0001 |
Mild | 1075(14.11) | 737(9.67) | 1.23 | 1.09,1.39 | 0.0006 |
Non-anemic | 1962(25.75) | 1090(14.31) | ref | ref | ref |
Overall P-value = 0.0069 | |||||
Child size | |||||
Large | 1608(20.51) | 811(10.34) | ref | ref | |
Average | 2059(26.26) | 1294(16.51) | 1.24 | 1.11,1.39 | < 0.0001 |
Small | 1099(14.02) | 969(12.36) | 1.74 | 1.54,1.97 | < 0.0001 |
Paternal education | |||||
No education | 1993(26.95) | 1599(21.63) | 2.87 | 2.33,3.55 | < 0.0001 |
Primary | 1537(20.79) | 947(12.81) | 2.2 | 1.78,2.74 | < 0.0001 |
Secondary | 525(7.10) | 229(3.10) | 1.56 | 1.21,2.01 | 0.0005 |
Tertiary | 441(5.96) | 123(1.66) | ref | ref | |
Maternal education | |||||
No education | 2899(36.65) | 2193(27.73) | 4.22 | 3.03,5.86 | < 0.0001 |
Primary | 1281(16.26) | 740(9.36) | 3.22 | 2.3,4.5 | < 0.0001 |
Secondary | 388(4.91) | 125(1.58) | 1.79 | 1.22,2.63 | 0.0026 |
Tertiary | 240(3.03) | 43(0.54) | ref | ref | |
Age child | |||||
6 to 24 months | 2017(25.5) | 902(11.4) | ref | ref | |
≥ 24 to 59 | 2791(35.29) | 2199(27.8) | 1.76 | 1.6,1.94 | < 0.0001 |
Wealth index | |||||
Poor | 2321(29.35) | 1896(23.97) | 1.98 | 1.78,2.2 | < 0.0001 |
Average | 695(8.79) | 466(5.890 | 1.62 | 1.4,1.88 | < 0.0001 |
Rich | 1792(22.66) | 739(9.34) | ref | ref | |
Sex of child | |||||
Male | 2400(30.35) | 1654(20.91) | 1.14 | 1.04,1.25 | 0.003 |
Female | 2408(30.45) | 1,447,918.3) | ref | ref | |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 1076(13.6) | 376(4.75) | ref | ref | |
Rural | 3732(47.19) | 2725(34.45) | 2.09 | 1.84,2.37 | < 0.0001 |
BMI of mother | |||||
< 18.5 | 1094(14) | 827(10.58) | 1.13 | 1.02,1.26 | 0.018 |
≥ 18.5–24.9 | 3107(39.75) | 2067(26.44) | ref | ref | |
≥ 25 | 556(7.11) | 166(2.12) | 0.44 | 0.37,0.53 | < 0.0001 |
Weight child | |||||
< 9.1 | 1117(14.12) | 830(10.51) | 3.81 | 3.28,4.42 | |
≥ 9.1–11.2 | 956(12.09) | 1008(12.74) | 5.4 | 4.66,6.27 | |
≥ 11.2–13.3 | 1068(13.5) | 937(11.85) | 4.5 | 3.88,5.21 | |
> 13.3 | 1667(21.08) | 325(4.11) | ref | ref | |
Continuous variables | B-coefficient CI | P-value | |||
Age of mother | 1.003 | 0.997,1.01 | 0.325 | ||
Weight of child | 0.983 | 0.981, 0.985 | 0.0001 | ||
Height of mother | 0.995 | 0.994,0.995 | < 0.0001 | ||