Table 4 Factors associated with stunting and wasting in Oromiya and SNNP^a regions of Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 2036)

Region SNNP

1.39 (1.08,1.78)

0.010

0.35 (0.24,0.52)

 < 0.001

Oromiya

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1

Child characteristics

Sex Male

1.91 (1.48,2.46)

 < 0.001

1.51 (1.06,2.16)

0.022

Female

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1

Age (month)

1.06 (0.98,1.14)

0.133

0.77 (0.54,1.09)

0.138

IBF (Late)

1.22 (0.93,1.61)

0.158

1.00 (0.67,1.50)

1.000

Before 1 h

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1

EBF (No)

1.56 (1.19,2.05)

0.001

1.03 (0.68,1.55)

0.908

Yes

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1

Timely introduced to CF (No)

1.89 (1.38,2.60)

 < 0.001

1.19 (0.73,1.94)

0.500

Yes

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1

MDD (No)

1.30 (0.77, 2.20)

0.321

1.41 (0.65,3.08)

0.389

Yes

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1

MMF (No)

1.17 (0.89,1.54)

0.276

0.90 (0.59,1.36

0.602

Yes

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1

MAD (No)

1.27(0.75, 2.14)

0.372

1.38 (0.63,3.00)

0.423

Yes

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1

Diarrhea last 7 days (Yes)

1.31 (1.01,1.70)

0.044

1.10 (0.75,1.61)

0.619

No

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1

Consumed legumes and nuts (No)

1.42 (1.08, 1.86)

0.012

0.64 (0.45,0.91)

0.012

Yes

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1

Consumed eggs (No)

1.41 (1.02,1.95)

0.038

0.82 (0.55,1.24)

0.345

Yes

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1

Consumed other fruits and vegetables (No)

0.87 (0.65,1.17)

0.361

1.67 (1.02,2.75)

0.042

Yes

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1

Mother’s characteristics

Age of mother (< 25 years)

1.01 (0.79,1.30)

0.929

0.60 (0.42,0.85)

0.004

 > 25 years

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1

Education (illiterate)

1.32 (1.03,1.69)

0.027

1.42 (1.00,2.02)

0.049

Literate

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1

Marital status (married)

0.61 (0.34,1.07)

0.086

0.49 (0.24,1.01)

0.054

⁴

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1

Occupation (working mother)

0.75 (0.54,1.05)

0.095

1.46 (0.97,2.18)

0.069

Housewife

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1

HH characteristics

Basic drinking water (No)

0.83 (0.50,1.36)

0.458

0.47 (0.19,1.16)

0.099

Yes

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1

Adequate sanitation (No)

0.78 (0.45,1.36)

0.378

1.55 (0.83,2.88)

0.171

Yes

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