Factors Associated with Stunting of Under-Five Children in Ethiopia

The objective of this study was to identify socio-economic, demographic and other proximate factors associated with stunting of under-five children in Ethiopia. The study included 8,487 children under-five years of age. Descriptive, single and multilevel logistic regression analyses were used to determine the prevalence and determinants of stunting among under-five children in Ethiopia. Age of child, mother's level of education, wealth index, place of residence, whether a child had fever in the two weeks before the survey, educational level of partner and geographical region were associated with stunting of under five children. Moreover, there were regional disparities with regard to the prevalence of stunted children. Children younger than 6 months, born to uneducated mothers, born to mothers having uneducated partner, from households of low socioeconomic status, living in rural area and who had fever in the two weeks before the survey were at a higher risk of being stunted.