Table 4 Multivariate Regression Models of good governance and other independent variables on stunting among children age 6–59 months in Ethiopia
Variables | Model_1 | Model_2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio | R. Sta. err | p-value | Odds ratio | R. Sta. err | p-value | ||
Government effectiveness | 3.90 | 5.75 | 0.354 | 20.7 | 31.46 | 0.046 | |
Regulatory quality | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.252 | 0.0077 | 0.0168 | 0.026 | |
Control corruption | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.009 | 0.0019 | 0.0032 | 0.000 | |
Region (Tigray region is ref.) | Affar | 0.95 | 0.076 | 0.542 | |||
Amhara | 1.14 | 0.08 | 0.054 | ||||
Oromia | 0.79 | 0.05 | 0.000 | ||||
Somali | 0.592 | 0.048 | 0.000 | ||||
Beni-Gumuz | 0.915 | 0.069 | 0.244 | ||||
SNNP | 0.968 | 0.062 | 0.618 | ||||
Gambela | 0.519 | 0.048 | 0.000 | ||||
Harari | 0.601 | 0.054 | 0.000 | ||||
Addis Ababa | 0.6710 | 0.076 | 0.000 | ||||
Dire Dawa | 0.624 | 0.061 | 0.000 | ||||
Sex (Male is ref.) | Female | 0.876 | 0.022 | 0.000 | |||
Partner’s education level (Ref. No education) | Primary | 0.924 | 0.031 | 0.020 | |||
Secondary | 0.711 | 0.045 | 0.000 | ||||
Higher | 0.622 | 0.567 | 0.000 | ||||
Current age of child (0 years is ref.) | 1 years | 4.44 | 0.192 | 0.000 | |||
2 years | 6.39 | 0.279 | 0.000 | ||||
3 years | 5.851 | 0.264 | 0.000 | ||||
4 years | 4.706 | 0.219 | 0.000 | ||||
Wealth index Quintile (Poorest is ref.) | Poorer | 0.952 | 0.042 | 0.267 | |||
Middle | 0.904 | 0.040 | 0.023 | ||||
Richer | 0.842 | 0.037 | 0.000 | ||||
Richest | 0.746 | 0.041 | 0.000 | ||||
Toilet type (Unimproved is ref.) | Improved/modern sanitation | 0.825 | 0.041 | 0.000 | |||
Drinking source (Unimproved is ref.) | Improved source of drinking water | 0.905 | 0.042 | 0.031 | |||
Residence (Urban is ref.) | Rural | 1.117 | 0.077 | 0.109 | |||
Highest educational level of the respondents (illiterate is ref.) | Primary | 0.918 | 0.035 | 0.027 | |||
Secondary | 0.595 | 0.050 | 0.000 | ||||
Higher | 0.447 | 0.077 | 0.000 | ||||
Number of children under five (≤ 2 is ref.) | > 2 | 0.879 | 0.036 | 0.002 | |||
Sex of household head (Male is ref.) | Female | 1.065 | 0.042 | 0.108 | |||
Respondent’s occupation (Not working is ref.) | Paid working | 1.055 | 0.042 | 0.175 | |||
Agricultural | 1.043 | 0.041 | 0.279 | ||||
Partner’soccupation (Not working is ref.) | Paid working | 1.102 | 0.084 | 0.201 | |||
Agricultural | 1.131 | 0.080 | 0.082 | ||||
Parity (parity≤3 is ref.) | Parity more than 3 | 1.133 | 0.046 | 0.002 | |||
Age of women (15–19 is the ref.) | 20–24 | 0.980 | 0.076 | 0.797 | |||
25–29 | 0.926 | 0.076 | 0.347 | ||||
30–34 | 0.890 | 0.075 | 0.167 | ||||
35–39 | 0.863 | 0.075 | 0.091 | ||||
40–44 | 0.768 | 0.075 | 0.007 | ||||
45–49 | 0.680 | 0.078 | 0.001 | ||||
Number of householdmembers (1–3 members is ref.) | 4–6 members | 0.960 | 0.047 | 0.405 | |||
> 7 members | 0.977 | 0.055 | 0.681 | ||||
R2 | 0.0160 | 0.1128 | |||||