| Predictor |
Wasting among children aged 6-59 months |
COR(95 %CI) |
AOR(95% CI) |
| Wasted |
Not wasted |
| Occupation of father |
|
| Farmer |
53 |
348 |
1 |
1 |
| Merchants |
7 |
181 |
0.25(0.11-0.57)*** |
0.20(0.07-0.56)** |
| Gov’t Employee |
15 |
240 |
0.41(0.23-0.74)** |
0.40(0.20-0.87)* |
| Breast feed the child till now |
| yes |
46 |
410 |
1 |
1 |
| No |
29 |
359 |
0.72(0.44-1.17) |
0.24(0.07-0.80)* |
|
| Notes: * = 0.05-0.01 ** = 0.01-0.001 ***= < 0.001NB: Backward stepwise LR method was used to select the above predictors.The model adequately fits the data at P-value = 0.45 (Hosmer and Lemeshowgoodness of fit test) |
| Table 6: Logistic regression analysis showing the association of selected socioeconomicand child health and care practice with wasting, Lalibela Town, NorthWollo Zone, ANRS, Northen Ethiopia, August 2012. |
