| Variables |
Categories |
COR (95%C.I) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| Maternal age |
24-34 |
1 |
1 |
| |
≥ 35 |
(0.79 (0. 58 -1.09) |
0.70 (0.51- 0.98)* |
| Mother’s education |
Illiterate/read-write |
1 |
1 |
| |
Literate |
1.29 (0.91-1. 83) |
1.32 (0.89 -1.97) |
| Father education |
Illiterate/read-write |
1 |
1 |
| |
primary |
0. 79 (0.54 -1. 16) |
0.74 (0.49-1.11) |
| |
Secondary and above |
1 .23 (0.74 -2.07) |
1.17 (0.63- 2.18) |
| Number of children |
< 4 |
1 |
1 |
| |
≥ 4 |
1.77(0.82- 1.69) |
1.39 (0.89-2.14) |
| HH latrine availability |
Yes |
1 |
1 |
| |
No |
1.39 (1.01-1. 93) |
1.53 (1.09- 2.13)* |
| Child age |
9-May |
1 |
1 |
| |
12-Oct |
1.18(0.82 -1.68) |
1.09 (0.75 – 1.61) |
| |
13-14 |
1.57(1.06-2.32) |
1.62 (1.06 - 2.48)* |
| Child Sex |
Female |
1 |
1 |
| |
Male |
1.35 (0.55-1.00) |
1.37 (0.99 - 1.89) |
| Felling hunger at school |
No |
1 |
1 |
| |
Yes |
1.56 (1.11- 2.18) |
1.55 (1.07- 2.23)* |
| Child sickness in the last 2 weeks |
No |
1 |
1 |
| |
Yes |
0.88(0.52-1.48) |
0.91 (0.53-1.57) |
| Night blindness |
No |
1 |
1 |
| |
Yes |
1.46(0.94- 2.27) |
1.39 (0.86-2.25) |
|
| *=p< 0.05 , COR= Crude Odds Ratio, AOR= Adjusted Odds Ratio. |
| Table 3: Household, environmental, and individual level predictors of thinness among primary school children (5-14y) in Kersa District, Ethiopia, 2012. |
