Table 5: Factors associated with underweight of child under-nutrition, Wonsho Woreda, April, 2016.

Variables Categories Normal Underweight COR (95%CI) AOR (95%CI)
Family size ≤ 5 81 363 1 1
>5 41 110 1.67(1.08, 2.57) 0.69(0.41, 1.15)
Birth order ≤ 4 106 438 1 1
> 4 16 35 1.89(1.01, 3.54) 0.63(0.30 1.33)
Sex of child Male 74 225 1.69(1.13, 2.55) 1.78(1.17, 2.70)*
Female 48 248 1 1
Pre-lacteal food Yes 35 76 2.10(1.32, 3.34) 1.23(0.69, 2.18)
No 87 397 1 1
Vitamin-A supplementation Yes 81 367 1 1
No 41 106 1.75(1.34, 2.70) 1.10(0.63, 1.95)
Immunization Yes 73 380 1 1
No 49 93 2.74(1.79, 4.20) 2.45(1.41, 4.24)*
Place of delivery Home 55 140 1.95(1.29, 2.94) 1.51(0.95, 2.42)
Health Inst. 67 333 1 1
Source of drinking water Unprotected 42 114 1.65(1.08, 2.57) 1.06(0.63, 1.78)
Protected 80 359 1 1

*P-value significant at p< 0.05.