Table 2 Factors associated with school absenteeism among school adolescents in Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2013

Household head

Father

0.59 (0.34, 1.02)

0.44 (0.16, 1.16)

0.092

Mother

0.44 (0.23, 0.83)*

0.23 (0.07, 0.72)

0.012

Relatives

1

1

Student sex

Male

0.58 (0.45, 0.76)**

0.64 (0.54, 0.74)

0.005

Female

1

1

Student residence

Urban

0.74 (0.41, 0.93)**

0.52 (0.36, 0.81)

0.003

Rural

1

1

Student age (in years)

< 14

0.65 (0.49, 0.87)**

0.87 (0.57, 1.36)

0.540

>15

1

1

Paternal occupation

Farmer

1.24 (0.92, 1.66)

1.02 (0.48, 2.16)

0.944

Government worker

0.77 (0.52, 1.14)

0.64 (0.35, 1.15)

0.143

Others^a

1

1

Maternal age (in years)

≤29

0.72 (0.41, 1.27)

0.80 (0.38, 1.68)

0.586

30–34

0.65 (0.43, 0.97)*

0.69 (0.40, 1.18)

0.177

35–39

0.92 (0.67, 1.27)

0.82 (0.52, 1.27)

0.398

≥40

1

1

Food secure status

Food insecure

1.88 (1.39, 2.52)**

2.81 (1.70, 4.76)

0.001

Food secure

1

1

Seasonal food shortage

No

0.62 (0.37, 0.96)*

0.30 (0.14, 2.05)

0.093

Yes

1

1

Hunger at school

No

0.74 (0.46, 1.18)

0.82 (0.33, 2.04)

0.661

Yes

1

1

Student illness

No

0.85 (0.65, 1.12)

1.36 (0.90, 2.06)

0.150

Yes

1

1

Household size

<5

0.97 (0.33, 0.99)*

1.16 (0.54, 2.60)

0.701

≥5

1

1

Household Economic Status

Low

1.47 (1.01, 2.17)*

1.14 (0.59, 2.16)

0.701

Medium

1.01 (0.71, 1.41)

0.81 (0.48, 1.37)

0.426

High

1

1