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Table 2 Child characteristics among children aged 6–59 months in Bensa district, Sidama Region, South Ethiopia, 2018

From: Factors associated with stunting among children aged 6–59 months in Bensa District, Sidama Region, South Ethiopia: unmatched case-control study

Variables

Category

Cases (n = 79)

Controls (n = 158)

P-value

Frequency

%

Frequency

%

Sex of children

Male

52

65.8

72

45.6

.003

Female

27

34.2

86

54.4

Age in months

6–11

7

8.9

16

10.1

.993

12–23

24

30.4

44

27.8

24–35

20

25.3

40

25.3

36–47

19

24.1

40

25.3

48–59

9

11.4

18

11.4

Birth order

1

19

24.1

61

38.6

.003

2–3

27

34.2

63

39.9

4

33

41.8

34

21.5

Place of delivery

Home

36

45.6

52

32.9

.057

Health facility

43

54.4

106

67.1

Home delivery by

TBA

6

16.7

7

13.5

.677

Neighbors

30

83.3

45

86.5

 

Birth type

Single

78

98.7

155

98.1

.721

Multiple

1

1.3

3

1.9

Birth interval

<2 year

19

24.1

25

15.8

.013

2

47

59.5

79

50.0

No previous birth

13

16.5

54

34.2

Diarrhea, last 2wks

No

35

44.3

107

67.7

.001

Yes

44

55.7

51

32.3

Fever, last 2wks

No

47

59.5

113

71.5

.062

Yes

32

40.5

45

28.5

ARI, last 2wks

No

72

91.1

134

84.8

.173

Yes

7

8.9

24

15.2