Table 5

Variables associated with stunting, multivariate analysis*

Variable

Odds Ratio

Confidence interval (95%)

p value

RURAL AREA**

Father's occupation: farmer

1.77

0.98 – 3.18

.05

Child care provided exclusively by the mother

0.30

0.13 – 0.69

.004

Family networks for child care

2.31

1.28 – 4.15

.005

URBAN AREA**

Duration of parents' union longer than two years

1.89

1.01 – 3.54

.04

Parents migration from rural to urban area

1.57

0.95 – 2.59

.07

Father worked at the same place for 2 years or less

3.23

1.88 – 5.56

.0001

Small networks

2.11

1.27 – 3.49

.004

Less than 2 visits to the Well Child Program

2.57

1.54 – 4.30

.0001

Breast feeding longer than six months

1.71

0.62 – 4.73

.29

* Unconditional logistic regression analysis

**Adjusted by age and sex of the child, maternal literacy, and per capita family income in both areas

Reyes et al. BMC Public Health 2004 4:57   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-57