Association between Women

[摘要] Background: Stunting is the most prevalent form of malnutrition in children under five years ofage in Ethiopia. Evidence supporting women’s impact on reducing child stunting is limited. Ithisstudy aimed to examine the association between women’s empowerment and socio-demographicfactors on stunting among children aged 6 to 59 months.Subjects and Method: The study used the EDHS 2016 dataset. Children aged 6-59 monthswhose mothers (aged 15-49 years) were living with their husbands at the time of the survey wereincluded. We enrolled 8,496 mother and child pairs. Complex sample logistic regression analysiswas employed to determine the association between child stunting and the predictors. Dataanalyses were employed using SPSS Version 22.Results: Around 2,624 (31%) of the mothers were 25 to 29 years old. In the 12 months before thesurvey, around 45% (3,806) of the mothers were employed; 2,072 (54%) of them had seasonal jobs,and the 1,734 (45%) remaining mothers had full-time employment. Among employed mothers,about 50.5% (1,921) had not received payment for their work. Household wealth index (AOR= 1.9;95% CI= 1.44 to 2.73) and maternal height (AOR= 1.9; 95% CI= 1.28 to 2.82), and having a boychild (AOR= 1.3; 95%CI= 1.08 to 1.46) is more liked associating with stunting. But maternalattitude towards wife-beating (AOR= 1.1; 95% CI= 0.89 to 1.26) had no association with it.Conclusion: children born from the poorest households, low maternal height (<145cm), and malesex have increased risk of stunting. Lastly, Mothers' economic and socio-familial empowerment donot predict the risk of child stunting.

[学科分类] 食品科学和技术

[关键词] stunting;empowerment;women;Ethiopian demographic health survey