Prevalence of Stunting and Its Associated Factors Among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Angolela Tera District, Northeast Ethiopia

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Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics of Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Angolela Tera District, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019

Variables	Category	Frequency (N)	Percent (%)
Child age	6–11 month	91	22.0
	12–23 month	142	34.3
	24–35 month	64	15.5
	36–47month	52	12.6
	48–59 month	65	15.7
Sex of child	Male	212	51.2
	Female	202	48.8
Child birth order	First child	118	28.5
	From2–3child	137	33.1
	From4–5child	107	25.8
	Six and above	52	12.6
Mothers age at pregnancy	<20	29	7
	20–34	236	57
	>35	149	36
Residence	Rural	340	82.1
	Urban	74	17.9
Religion	Orthodox	362	87.4
	Protestant	39	9.4
	Muslim	13	3.1
Marital status	Married	362	87.4
	Divorced	30	7.2
	Widowed	6	1.4
	Unmarried	16	3.9
Family monthly income(ETB)	<1596	351	84.8
	≥1596	63	15.2

Note: NB, Income category (World Bank 2017 report = > 1.9 $/day or < 1.9 $/day, age category (WHO age classification)).

Table 2 Environmental and Health Care Characteristics of Children from 5 to 59 Months Age in Angolela Tera District, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019

Variables, N=414		Frequency (N)	Percent (%)
Antenatal care follow-up	Yes	181	43.7
	No	233	56.3
Place of delivery	Home	163	39.4
	Institution	251	60.6
Postnatal care follow-up	Yes	78	18.8
	No	336	81.2
Birth weight	Below 2.5	50	12.1
	Between 2.5–4	185	44.7
	Greater 4	3	0.7
	Unknown	176	42.5
Immunization status	Yes	395	95.4
	No	19	4.6
Category of immunization	Fully immunized	183	46.3
	Currently on immunization	46	11.6
	Not fully immunized	166	42
	Unknown	19	4.6
Acute febrile illness in the past 2 weeks	Yes	259	62.6
	No	155	37.4
Had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks	Yes	288	69.6
	No	126	30.4
Respiratory infection in the past 2 weeks	Yes	231	55.8
	No	183	44.2

Table 3 Dietary Related Characteristics of Children from 6 to 59 Months of Age in Angolela Tera District, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019

Variables, N=414	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Ever breastfed child	Yes	380	91.8
	No	34	8.2
Time for initiation of breast feed	Within 1 hour	191	46.1
	Within 24 hours	213	51.4
	> 24 hours	10	2.4
Child feed colostrum	Yes	314	75.8
	No	100	24.2
Prelacteal feeding	Yes	134	32.4
	No	280	67.6
Duration of breastfeeding	<12 month	191	46.1
	12–24 month	167	40.3
	>24 month	56	13.5
Age complementary food	At 6 month	281	67.9
	No timely initiated	133	32.1
Method of child feeding	Spoon	117	28.3
	Cup	140	33.8
	Hand	138	33.3
	Bottle	19	4.6

Figure 1 The prevalence and distribution of stunting among children 6–59 months of age in Angolela tera district, northeast Ethiopia, 2019.

Figure 2 Height for age Z score distribution of children as compared to the standard reference population from 6–59 months of age in Angolela tera district, northeast Ethiopia, 2019.

Table 4 Bivariate and Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis Factors Responsible for Stunting in Angolela Tera District, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019

Variables	Stunted	Non-Stunted	COR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)
Sex
Male	99(60.7%)	113(45%)	1.88(1.12–2.47)	1.85(1.23–2.82)^*
Female	64(39.3%)	138(55%)	1	1
Child age
6–11 month	35(21.5%)	56(22.3%)	1.52(0.76–2.99)	1.64(0.82–3.29)
12–23 month	69(42.3%)	73(29.1%)	2.29(1.22–4.28)	2.16(1.22–4.28)^*
24–35 month	28(17.2%)	36(14.3%)	1.88(0.91–3.89)	1.99(0.951–4.16)
36–47 month	12(7.4%)	40(15.9%)	0.726(0.31–1.67)	0.727(0.31–1.70)
48–59 month	19(11.7%)	46(18.3%)	1	1
Diarrhea within the last two week
Yes	117(71.8%)	128(51%)	2.44(1.61–3.72)	1.86(1.19–2.91)^*
No	46(28.2%)	123(49%)	1	1
ANC
Yes	46(28.2%)	135(53.8%)	0.33(0.22–0.51)	0.31(0.21–0.45)^*
No	117(71.8%)	116(46.2%)	1	1
Birth order
First child	39(23.9%)	79(31.5%)	0.57(0.29–1.12)	0.59(0.29–1.19)
2–3 child	58(35.6%)	79(31.5%)	0.85(0.45–1.63)	0.87(0.44–1.70)
4–5 child	42(25.8%)	65(25.9%)	0.75(0.38–1.47)	0.73(0.36–1.47)
>6 and above	24(14.7%)	28(11.2%)	1	1
Birth interval
First child	38(23.3%)	80(32.0%)	0.78(0.47–1.29)	0.786(0.469–1.319)
<24 month	65(39.9%)	72(28.7%)	1.49(0.93–2.36)	0.990(0.61–1.607)
≤24 month	60(36.8%)	99(39.6%)	1	1

Notes: N. B; 1=reference group.

* Significant at p-value<0.05.