Variables | Category | Cases | Controls | Crude OR | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | No (%) | (95 % CI) | |||
Maternal | ≤19 | 81 (44.5) | 32 (8.9) | 8.27 (5.19, 13.18) | <0.001* |
Age (In years) | >19 | 101 (55.5) | 330 (91.1) | 1 | |
Occupational status | Housewife | 56 (30.7) | 118 (32.9) | 0.92 (0.61, 1.39) | 0.71 |
Farmer | 90 (49.4) | 176 (49.1) | 1 | ||
Merchant | 14 (7.7) | 34 (9.5) | 0.80 (0.41, 1.57) | 0.52 | |
Other | 22 (12) | 30 (8.3) | 1.43 (0.78, 2.62) | 0.24 | |
Monthly income (In ETB) | ≤500 | 122 (67) | 217 (59.9) | 1 | |
500 – 1000 | 38 (20.8) | 101 (27.9) | 0.67 (0.43, 1.03) | 0.07 | |
≥1000 | 22 (12) | 44 (12.1) | 0.89 (0.50, 1.55) | 0.68 | |
Mother’s educational status | Illiterate | 116 (63.7) | 226 (62.4) | 1 | |
Read and write | 13 (7.1) | 23 (6.3) | 1.10 (0.53, 2.25) | 0.79 | |
Elementary | 39 (21.4) | 75 (20.7) | 1.01 (0.64, 1.58) | 0.95 | |
Secondary and above | 14 (7.7) | 38 (10.5) | 0.71 (0.37, 1.37) | 0.31 | |
Father’s educational status | Illiterate | 60 (33.3) | 133 (36.7) | 1 | |
Read and write | 29 (16.1) | 53 (14.6) | 1.21 (0.70, 2.09) | 0.48 | |
Elementary | 52 (28.8) | 98 (27) | 1.17 (0.74, 1.85) | 0.48 | |
Secondary and above | 39 (21.6) | 78 (21.5) | 1.10 (0.67, 1.81) | 0.68 | |
Residence | Rural | 160 (87.9) | 320 (88.4) | 1 | |
Urban | 22 (12.1) | 42 (11.6) | 1.04 (0.60, 1.81) | 0.86 | |
Family size | ≤5 | 54 (29.6) | 175 (48.3) | 0.45 (0.30, 0.65) | <0.001* |
>5 | 128 (70.4) | 187 (51.7) | 1 | ||
Child sex | Male | 107 (58.8) | 201 (55.5) | 1 | |
Female | 75 (41.2) | 161 (44.5) | 0.87 (0.60, 1.24) | 0.46 | |
Birth order | 1 | 20 (11.1) | 119 (32.8) | 1 | |
2 – 4 | 92 (51.1) | 153 (42.2) | 3.57 (2.08, 6.13) | <0.001* | |
≥5 | 68 (37.7) | 90 (24.8) | 4.49 (2.54, 7.94) | <0.001* | |
Birth interval (In Months) | ≤23 | 51 (31.4) | 66 (27.3) | 1.18 (0.75, 1.86) | 0.4 |
24 – 47 | 93 (57.4) | 143 (59) | 1 | ||
>47 | 18 (11.2) | 33 (13.6) | 0.83 (0.44, 0.57) | 0.5 |