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Table 2 Factors of Breakfast skipping among public primary schools children in Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019 [n = 848]

From: Breakfast skipping and its relationship with academic performance in Ethiopian school-aged children, 2019

Variables

Breakfast Consumption

COR

AOR

Often

Seldom

Children Living circumstances

With Both Parents

437

174

1.00

1.00

With mother or father only

65

121

4.675 (3.29, 6.63)

3.3 (2.15,5.19)**

With grandparents or other relatives

23

28

3.05 (1.71, 5.45)

5.8 (2.8,11.8)**

Children’s’ current address

Rural

280

275

5.01 (3.52, 7.12)

4.7 (3.14, 7.21) **

Urban

245

48

1.00

1.00

Children’s’ Family jobs

Government Employee

22

62

1.00

1.00

Merchant or/and other self-employee

124

40

0.909(.49, 1.66)

0.69(.351.38)

Farmer

261

193

2.08 (1.22,3.51)

1.4(.81, 2.6)

Othersa

78

68

2.45 (1.36, 4.41)

1.8 (.99,. 3.9)

Children’s’ Age group

5-9

80

26

1.00

1.00

10-14.

369

239

1.99 (1.24, 3.19)

1.9 (0.7, 3.3)

15-19

76

58

2.35 (1.34,4.11)

2.7(.99, 5.5)

Academic Behavior

At Risk

99

201

7.08 (5.18,9.7)

6.79 (4.6, 9.97)

Not at Risk

426

122

1.00

1.00

Parent guardian Educational status

Illiterate

253

227

6.38 (3.1, 13.1)

5.3 (2.28, 12.36)*

Elementary School Complete

134

69

3.66 (1.72,7.79)

4.02 (1.65, 9.8) *

Secondary School Complete

74

18

1.7(.72, 4.12)

1.06(.37, 2.9)

Diploma and Above

64

9

1.00

1.00

Children’s Academic achievement

Poor to Fair (less than 50 to 59%)

244

229

2.8 (2.083.77)

2.57(1.77, 3.7) *

Satisfactory to Excellent (60-79%, 80-89% & 90 - 100%)

281

94

1.00

1.00

  1. Note * = P < 0.001; ** P < 0.001; COR- crude odds ratio AOR-Adjusted odds ratio 1: reference category; othersa: daily laborers, house wife and jobless