Table 5 Determinants of underweight
Variables | Categorical | Underweight | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||||
Decision maker on food purchase | Both mother and father | 215 (87.4%) | 31(12.6%) | 1 | 1 | Â |
| Â | Only one part of family | 90 (76.9%) | 27 (23.1%) | 1.062 (0.412, 2.737) | 1.873 (0.922, 3.803) | 0.083 |
Who usually cares for the child | Mother | 225 (80.6%) | 54 (19.4%) | 1 | 1 | Â |
Other people | 80 (95.2%) | 4 (4.8%) | 0.500 (0.211, 1.185) | 0.197 (0.057, 0.680) | 0.010 | |
Birth weight (g) | 2500– 4200 | 231 (89.2%) | 28 (10.8%) | 1 | 1 |  |
< 2500 | 19 (63.3%) | 11 (36.7%) | 13.778 (3.309, 57.367) | 7.081 (2.650, 18.916) | < 0.001 | |
not weighted | 55 (74.3%) | 19 (25.7%) | 1.708 (0.563, 5.181) | Â | 0.175 | |
Child age (in completed month) | 6–23 | 120 (90.9%) | 12 (9.1%) | 1 | 1 |  |
24–47 | 159 (85.9%) | 26(14.1%) | 1.898 (0.587, 6.134) | 2.098 (0.933, 4.716) | 0.073 | |
48–59 | 26 (56.5%) | 20 (43.3%) | 26.323 (5.827, 118.899) | 8.097 (3.090, 21.217) | < 0.001 | |
Age at which complementary feeding started | At 6 month | 236 (83.1%) | 48(16.9%) | 1 | 1 | Â |
< 6 month | 61 (91.0%) | 6 (9.0%) | 1.115 (0.182, 6.823) | 1.089 (0,377, 3.145) | 0.875 | |
>= 7 month | 8 (66.7%) | 4 (33.3%) | 11.363 (1.078, 119.732) | 6.236 (1.376, 28.269) | 0.018 | |