Table 5 Factors associated with under nutrition of 6–23 month old children of unemployed mothers in town kebeles of Dera district, northwest Ethiopia, 2022

Household wealth

Poor

156

60

2.02 (1.06, 3.85)

0.42 (0.11, 1.55)

Medium

60

24

1.94 (0.93, 4.08)

0.99 (0.29, 3.31)

Rich

27

21

1

1

Household Food Insecurity Access Scale

Food secure

81

75

1

1

Food insecure

162

30

5.00 (3.03, 8.25)

5.80 (2.95, 11.43)*

Dietary diversity

≥ 5 food groups

32

24

1

1

< 5 food groups

211

81

1.95 (1.09, 3.52)

1.47 (0.46, 4.62)

Child sex

Male

141

39

2.34 (1.46, 3.75)

3.40 (1.91, 6.04)*

Female

102

66

1

1

Child age

Managed as continuous variable

0.95 (0.91, 1.01)

0.89 (0.84, 0.95)*

Child got sick in the last 2 weeks

Yes

111

27

2.43 (1.47, 4.03)

1.20 (0.64, 2.26)

No

132

78

1

1

ANC follow-up

Yes

96

78

1

1

No

147

27

4.42 (2.66, 7.35)

3.71 (1.90, 7.25)*

PNC follow-up

Yes

45

27

1

1

No

198

78

1.52 (0.88, 2.63)

0.46 (0.22, 1.06)

Breast feeding initiation

Within 1 h of delivery

135

72

1

1

After 1 h of delivery

108

33

1.75 (1.08, 2.83)

0.98 (0.54, 1.79)

Six months exclusive breast feeding

Yes

93

54

1

1

No

150

51

1.71 (1.08, 2.71)

2.29 (1.19, 4.40)*