Variable
Underweight
Crude OR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes
No
Marital status
Married
120
383
0.77 (0.47-1.27)
0.77 (0.45-1.33)
Others
*
26
64
1
1
Maternal education
Illiterate
43
107
0.74 (0.45-1.23)
0.87 (0.51-1.48)
Primary
57
211
0.63 (0.41-0.97)
0.70 (0.44-1.13)
Secondary and above
55
129
1
1
Child sex
Male
85
224
1.39 (0.95-2.02)
1.44 (0.96-2.15)
Female
61
223
1
1
Age of child (months)
11-Jun
8
57
0.63 (0.24-1.63)
0.62 (0.19-2.00)
23-Dec
36
132
1.22 (0.60-2.46)
1.13 (0.47-2.71)
24-35
45
123
1.63 (0.82-3.26)
1.43 (0.69-2.97)
36-47
44
77
2.55 (1.26-5.17)
†
2.91 (1.39-6.11)
†
48-59
13
58
1
1
Time of first breastfed
Immediately
107
289
0.67 (0.44-1.01)
0.64 (0.39-1.05)
Not –immediately
39
158
1
1
Pre-lactate food received
Yes
30
60
1.67 (1.03-2.71)
†
2.14 (1.22-3.76)
†
No
116
387
1
1
Still breast feeding
Yes
43
178
0.63 (0.42-0.94)
1.01 (0.53-1.94)
No
103
269
1
1
Vitamin A
Yes
138
422
1.51 (0.69-3.33)
1.60 (0.70-3.69)
No
8
36
1
1
Diarrhoea in last 2 weeks
Yes
46
130
1.12 (0.75-1.168)
1.30 (0.82-2.08)
No
100
317
1
1
Fever in last 2 weeks
Yes
31
139
0.60 (0.38-0.93)
†
0.67 (0.39-1.14)
No
115
308
1
1
ARI in last 2 weeks
Yes
20
99
0.56 (0.33-0.93)
†
0.69 (0.38-1.25)
No
126
348
1
1
Frequency of taking HF
≤ 4 times
37
147
0.69 (0.45-1.06)
0.83 (0.52-1.33)
> 4 times
109
300
1
1
Maternal BMI
< 18.5
50
119
1.44 (0.96-2.14)
1.48 (0.97-2.27)
≥18.5
96
328
1
1
Disposal of garbage
Open field
12
39
0.67 (0.33-1.35)
0.74 (0.35-1.56)
Individual pit
9
46
0.42 (0.20-0.91)
†
0.54 (0.24-1.21)
Common pit
53
206
0.56 (0.37-0.84)
†
0.72 (0.45-1.16)
Composing
72
156
1
1
Table 7: Factors Associated with wasting among children aged 6-59 months in Mai-Aini Eritrean refugees’ camp, Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia (N=593), February 2014
