Research Article
Predictors of Stunting among 6–35 Months Old Children in Assosa Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: Unmatched Case–Control Study
Table 2
Demographics and socioeconomic characteristics of children among 6–35 months in the Assosa zone, Northwest Ethiopia 2022.
| Variables | Nutritional status of children | Total (%) | Case (%) | Control (%) |
| Ethnicity of mothers or caregivers | Benishangul (beta) | 89 (49.2) | 185 (51.0) | 274 (50.4) | Oromo | 34 (18.8) | 711 (9.6) | 105 (19.3) | Shinasha | 10 (5.5) | 19 (5.2) | 29 (5.3) | Amhara | 48 (26.5) | 88 (24.2) | 136 (25.0) | The religion of mothers or caregivers | Muslim | 116 (64.1) | 256 (70.5) | 372 (68.4) | Orthodox | 43 (23.8) | 63 (17.4) | 106 (19.5) | Protestant | 22 (12.2) | 44 (12.1) | 66 (12.1) | The age group of mothers | 18–24 years | 46 (25.4) | 114 (31.4) | 160 (29.4) | 25–29 years | 85 (47.0) | 153 (42.1) | 238 (43.8) | 30–34 years | 38 (21.0) | 77 (21.2) | 115 (21.1) | 35–45 years | 12 (6.6) | 19 (5.2) | 31 (5.7) | Occupation status of mothers or caregivers | Farmer | 149 (82.3) | 307 (84.57) | 456 (83.8) | Gov. employed | 7 (3.9) | 13 (3.6) | 20 (3.7) | Marchant | 6 (3.3) | 22 (6.1) | 28 (5.1) | Daily laborer | 16 (8.8) | 6 (1.7%) | 22 (4.0) | Housewife | 3 (1.7) | 15 (4.1) | 18 (3.3) | Occupation status of husband | Farmer | 158 (87.3) | 316 (87.1) | 474 (87.1) | Gov. employed | 15 (8.3) | 26 (7.2) | 41 (7.5) | Marchant | 7 (3.9) | 15 (4.1) | 22 (4.0) | Daily laborer | 1 (0.6%) | 6 (1.7) | 7 (1.3) | Educational status of mothers | No formal education | 141 (77.9) | 244 (67.2) | 385 (70.8) | Formal education | 40 (22.1) | 119 (32.8) | 159 (29.2) | Households’ family member’s size | ≤4 | 133 (73.5 | 225 (62.0) | 358 (65.8) | >4 | 48 (26.5) | 138 (38.0) | 186 (34.2) | Sex of child | Male | 76 (42.0) | 186 (51.2) | 262 (48.2) | Female | 105 (58.0) | 177 (48.8) | 282 (51.8) | Age of child | 6–11 months | 19 (10.5) | 41 (11.3) | 60 (11.0) | 12–23months | 65 (35.9) | 155 (42.7) | 220 (40.4) | 24–35 months | 97 (53.6) | 167 (46.0) | 264 (48.5) | Number of under five in the households | ≤2 | 142 (78.5) | 323 (89.0) | 465 (85.5) | ≥3 | 39 (21.5) | 40 (11.0) | 79 (14.5) |
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