Variable
Underweight
Crude OR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes
No
Marital status
Married
169
334
1.0 6(0.66-1.72)
1.44 (0.71-2.93)
Others
*
26
64
1
1
Child sex
Male
109
200
1.19 (0.85-1.68)
1.43 (0.89-2.29)
Female
89
195
1
1
Age of child (months)
11-Jun
3
62
0.40 (0.11-0.14)
†
0.02 (0.002-0.19)
†
23-Dec
44
124
0.29 (0.16-0.52)
†
0.30 (0.11-0.81)
†
24-35
57
111
0.42 (0.24-0.74)
†
0.43 (0.19-0.97)
†
36-47
55
66
0.68 (0.38-1.23)
0.63 (0.28-1.41)
48-59
39
32
1
1
Place of delivery
Home
29
31
2.02 (1.18-3.45)
†
1.47 (0.66-3.28)
Health facility
169
364
1
1
Time of first breastfed
Immediately
130
266
1.08 (0.75-1.55)
1.22 (0.72-2.04)
Not –immediately
68
129
1
1
Still breastfeeding
Yes
46
175
0.38 (0.26-0.56)
†
0.81 (0.38-1.71)
No
152
220
1
1
Length of breast fed
≤ 24
167
350
0.69 (0.42-1.13)
1.32 (0.67-2.60)
>24
31
45
1
1
Diarrhoea in last 2 weeks
Yes
62
114
1.12 (0.78-1.63)
1.70 (0.99-2.60)
No
136
281
1
1
Fever in last 2 weeks
Yes
46
124
0.66 (0.45-0.98)
†
0.65 (0.37-1.12)
No
152
271
1
1
Frequency of taking HF visits
≤ 4 times
47
137
0.59 (0.40-0.86)
†
0.82 (0.47-1.42)
> 4 times
151
258
1
1
Planned birth
Yes
153
323
0.76 (0.50-1.15)
0.65 (0.35-1.19)
No
45
72
1
1
Extra food during pregnancy
Yes
99
216
0.83 (0.59-1.17)
0.61 (0.38-0.98)
†
No
99
179
1
1
Current FP using
Yes
63
151
0.60 (0.39-0.92)
†
0.64 (0.40-1.03)
No
68
98
1
1
Maternal BMI (Kg/m2)
< 18.5
69
100
1.58 (1.09-2.28)
†
1.79 (1.06-3.00)
†
≥ 18.5
128
296
1
1
Table 6:
Factors associated with underweight among children aged 6-59 months
in Mai-Aini Eritrean refugees’ camp Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia (N=593),
February 2014
