Table 2 Overall Factors Associated with Stunting among Children Aged 6–59 Months

Sex of the child

 Female

130 (40.0)

195 (60.0)

1.00

 Male

133 (42.2)

182 (57.8)

0.91 (0.66- 1.23)

0.83 (0.59- 1.16)

Age of the child

 48–59

15 (22.7)

51 (77.3)

1.00

 36–47

44 (47.3)

49 (52.7)

0.33 (0.16- 0.66)

0.38 (0.18- 0.79)

 24–35

79 (52.3)

72 (47.7)

0.27 (0.14- 0.52)

0.42 (0.19- 0.88)

 12–23

104 (46.4)

120 (56.6)

0.34 (0.18- 0.64)

0.56 (0.26- 1.17)

 6–11

21 (19.8)

85 (80.2)

1.19 (0.56- 2.52)

1.83 (0.74- 4.52)

Major source of food for household

 Own production

139 ( 37.5)

232 (62.5)

1.00

 Market

124 (46.1)

145 (53.9)

0.70 (0.509- 0.964)

0.67 (0.48–0.94)

Person feeding the index child

 Mother

42 (30.0)

98 (70.0)

1.00

 Father

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

0.14 (0.014–1.413)

0.31 (0.30- 3.13)

 Elder sibling

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

1.71 (0.186–15.79)

3.36 (0.36- 31.8)

 Child eats by him/ herself

217 (44.2)

274 (55.8)

0.54 (0.362–0.809)

0.82 (0.49- 1.35)

Disposal of child stool

 Child uses latrine

33 (28.4)

83 (71.6)

1.00

 Put/ rinsed in latrine

172 (43.7)

222 (56.3)

0.51 (0 .327–0.805)

0.41 (0.23- 0.74)

 Buried

40 (40.8)

58 (59.2)

0.58 (0.326–1.019)

1.59 (0.32- 1.13)

 Thrown in garbage

18 (56.2)

14 (43.8)

0.31 (0.138–0.693)

0.29 (0.12- 0.72)