Table 4 Factors associated with underweight among infants and young children in Filtu town, Somali Region, April 2013
Characteristics | Number of underweight children | a COR (95 % CI) | b AOR (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal education status | Never attend formal education | 31 | 1.08 (0.83-1.40) | |
Attend formal education | 10 | 1 | ||
Food security status | Food secure | 5 | 1.70 (0.24-2.05) | |
Food insecure | 36 | |||
Age at complementary feeding introduction | 1.15 (0.55-2.41) | |||
Acute resp. infection in the last 15 days | Yes | 12 | 1.22 (0.58-2.53) | |
No | 29 | 1 | ||
Diarrheal disease in the 15 days | Yes | 22 | 3.96 (0.19-0.79) | 3.54 (1.17-7.72)* |
No | 19 | 1 | ||
Recommended meal frequency score | Yes | 16 | 0.93 (0.86-1.12) | |
No | 25 | 1 | ||
Bottle fed yesterday | Yes | 26 | ||
No | 12 | 0.64 (0.30-1.34) | ||
Breast feeding in the last 24 hour | Yes | 34 | 0.27 (0.11-0.64) | 0.24 (0.10-0.59)* |
No | 7 | 1 | ||
24 hour dietary diversity | ≥4 | 10 | 0.99 (0.44-2.20) | |
<4 | 31 | 1 | ||
Wealth index | Poor | 4 | 1.17 (0.26-5.43) | |
Medium | 10 | 1.22 (0.34-4.41) | ||
High | 4 | 1 | ||