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