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Table 2 Bivariate logistic regression for selected predictors vs maternal undernutrition and overweigh/obesity, N = 9949

From: Inequalities in maternal malnutrition in Ethiopia: evidence from a nationally representative data

	Model 1: Undernutrition			Model 2: Overweight/obesity
	Adjusted OR	95%CI	P value	Adjusted OR	95%CI	P value
Age of the women
15-24^RC
25–34	0.687	0.595–0.793	< 0.001	2.357	1.827–3.043	< 0.001
34 +	0.739	0.622–0.878	0.001	2.367	1.804–3.107	< 0.001
Place of residence
Urban^RC
Rural	2.456	1.977–3.051	< 0.001	0.129	0.104–0.158	< 0.001
Household size
0–3^RC
4–6	0.891	0.753–1.054	0.180	0.820	0.645–1.044	0.108
7 and above	0.872	0.728–1.046	0.140	0.879	0.689–1.118	0.290
Education of mothers
No education^RC
Primary level	0.798	0.693–0.919	0.002	1.647	1.326–2.045	< 0.001
Secondary and above	0.633	0.504–0.793	< 0.001	5.149	4.133–6.414	< 0.001
Education of father
No education^RC
Primary level	0.777	0.668–0.903	0.001	1.135	0.903–1.428	0.277
Secondary and above	0.685	0.577–0.814	< 0.001	3.614	2.909–4.490	< 0.001
Religion
Orthodox Christians^RC
Muslims	1.336	1.145–1.558	< 0.001	0.901	0.728–0.114	0.336
Others	1.221	0.997–1.495	0.053	0.498	0.376–0.659	< 0.001
Wealth status
Poorest^RC
Poorer	0.615	0.511–0.739	< 0.001	1.064	0.720–1.572	0.754
Middle	0.619	0.512–0.749	< 0.001	0.855	0.559–1.305	0.468
Richer	0.508	0.418–0.618	< 0.001	1.359	0.915–2.019	0.128
Richest	0.271	0.219–0.334	< 0.001	8.594	6.524–11.320	< 0.001
Women’s work status
Not working^RC
Working	1.253	1.092–1.437	0.001	0.664	0.559–0.789	< 0.001
Household headship
Male^RC
Female	1.081	0.920–1.269	0.143	1.423831	1.157–1.751	0.001

RC, reference category

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