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Table 7 Multivariate analysis of the predictors of stunting in children

From: Maternal autonomy but not social support is a predictor of child feeding indicators in the Northern Region, Ghana

Variable

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Child stunting

Age group of children (months)

  6–11

1.00

  

  12–17

3.58

1.98–6.50

 < 0.001

  18–23

9.04

4.75–17.21

 < 0.001

Household wealth index (tertile)

  Poorest

1.98

1.06–3.70

0.032

  Middle

1.13

0.58–2.19

0.727

  Richest

1.00