Table 4 Associations between women’s empowerment and stunting
From: Women empowerment and childhood stunting: evidence from rural northwest Ethiopia
Variable | Class | Stunting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COR (95% CI) | p | AOR (95% CI)a | p | ||
Empowerment level | Low | Reference | |||
Moderate | 0.74 (0.45, 1.19) | 0.214 | 0.60 (0.35, 0.97) | 0.045 | |
High | 0.67 (0.46, 0.99) | 0.042 | 0.56 (0.37, 0.86) | 0.008 | |
Household decision-making | No participation | 1.14 (0.61, 2.13) | 0.693 | 1.26 (0.66, 2.41) | 0.485 |
Participate in 1–2 | Reference | ||||
Participate in all | 0.63 (0.41, 0.71) | 0.036 | 0.81 (0.52, 1.29) | 0.378 | |
Educational status | No formal education | Reference | |||
Primary | 0.99 (0.68, 1.42) | 0.935 | 1.29 (0.87, 1.92) | 0.206 | |
Secondary+ | 0.51 (0.31, 0.81) | 0.005 | 0.57 (0.35, 0.93) | 0.025 | |
Cash earnings | No | Reference | |||
Yes | 0.56 (0.39, 0.81) | 0.002 | 0.76 (0.51, 1.13) | 0.174 | |
House or land ownership | No | Reference | |||
Yes | 0.58 (0.40, 0.84) | 0.004 | 0.64 (0.44, 0.94) | 0.024 | |
Membership in community groups | No | Reference | |||
Yes | 0.50 (0.35, 0.72) | < 0.001 | 0.54 (0.36, 0.80) | 0.002 | |