Table 3 Factors associated with stunting among infants and young children in Filtu town, Somali Region, April 2013
Characteristics | Number of stunted children | a COR (95 % CI) | b AOR (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal education status | Never attended formal education | 38 | 1.24 (0.95-1.62) | |
Attended formal education | 10 | 1 | ||
Food security status | Food secure | 2 | 6.25 (0.81-47.9) | |
Food insecure | 46 | 1 | ||
Age at complementary feeding introduction | 0.27 (0.11-0.68) | 0.25 (0.09-0.66)* | ||
Acute resp. infection in the last 15 days | Yes | 14 | 1.24 (0.62-2.46) | |
No | 34 | 1 | ||
Diarrheal disease in the 15 days | Yes | 13 | 1.67 (0.82-3.39) | |
No | 35 | 1 | ||
Recommended meal frequency score | Yes | 23 | 0.92 (0.76-1.06) | |
No | 25 | 1 | ||
Bottle feeding yesterday | Yes | 34 | 5.53 (2.72-11.25) | 3.83 (1.69-8.67)* |
No | 14 | 1 | ||
Breastfeeding in the last 24 hour | Yes | 20 | 2.96 (1.53-5.74) | 1.73 (0.78-3.82) |
No | 28 | 1 | ||
24 hour dietary diversity | ≥4 | 22 | 0.27 (0.13-0.54) | 0.45 (0.21-0.95)* |
<4 | 26 | 1 | ||
Wealth index | Poor | 4 | 1.56 (0.36-6.76) | |
Medium | 15 | 1.07 (0.38-3.13) | ||
High | 5 | 1 | ||