Water, sanitation, and hygiene as a priority intervention for stunting in under-five children in northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Bivariate analysis of the association of socio-demographic and economic factors with stunting among children under-five in Debre Tabor town, Ethiopia, December to mid-January 2019

Variables	Frequency	Percent	Stunting		COR(95%CI)	p-value
Variables	Frequency	Percent	Yes	No	COR(95%CI)	p-value
Sex of child
Male	302	47.94	111	191	.904(.652–1.254)	.546
Female	328	52.06	113	215	1
Educational status of a mother
Illiterate	160	25.4	43	117	2.066 (1.209–3.53)	.008
Primary level	249	39.5	92	157	1.296(.801–2.095)	.291
Secondary level	126	20.0	48	78	1.234(.717–2.122)	.448
Diploma and above	95	15.1	41	54	1
Educational status of the father
Illiterate	244	38.73	74	170	1.875 (1.139–3.089)	.014
Primary level	148	23.50	59	89	1.231(.724–2.096)	.443
Secondary level	149	23.65	51	98	1.569(.916–2.685)	.101
Diploma and above	89	14.12	40	49	1
Marital status of a mother
Single	41	6.5	8	33	2.33 (1.053–5.142)	.037
Widowed	46	7.3	19	27	.802(.434–1.481)	.48
Divorced	19	3.0	8	11	.776(.307–1.962)	.592
Married	524	83.2	189	335	1
Age of mother
< 20	12	1.9	5	7	.803(.25–2.581)	.712
20–29	264	41.9	90	174	1.108(.794–1.548)	.546
≥ 30	354	56.2	129	225	1
Family size
> 5	243	38.6	61	182	2.17 (1.525–3.091)	<.001
≤ 5	387	61.4	163	224	1
stature of mother
< 150 cm	116	18.4	26	90	2.17 (1.354–3.474)	.001
≥ 150 cm	514	81.6	198	316	1
Birth order
1–2	192	30.5	65	123	1
3–4	258	40.9	92	166	.923(.624–1.368)	.691
> 4	180	28.6	67	113	.863(.564–1.32)	.498

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