Table 2 Sanitation practices and eating behavior of adolescents categorized by nutrition status (i.e. stunted and thin), northern Ethiopia, 2014
Variables | Category | n (%) | Stunted | P-value* | Thin | P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | |||||
Kind of food always eaten at home | “Teff“with “Wot” | 196 (56.3) | 46 (23.5) | 0.051 | 53 (27.0) | 0.888 |
Wheat | 122 (35.1) | 41 (33.6) | 31 (25.4) | |||
Others | 30 (8.6) | 12 (40.0) | 7 (23.3) | |||
Number of feedings per day | 1-2 times | 57 (16.4) | 16 (28.1) | 0.945 | 15 (26.3) | 0.975 |
> = 3 times | 191 (83.6) | 83 (28.5) | 76 (26.1) | |||
Eat vegetable at least once per day | Yes | 317 (91.4) | 88 (27.8) | 0.302 | 84 (26.5) | 0.706 |
No | 30 (8.7) | 11 (36.7) | 7 (23.3) | |||
Eat fruits at least once per day | Yes | 309 (89.1) | 85 (27.5) | 0.229 | 81 (26.2) | 0.989 |
No | 38 (11.0) | 14 (36.8) | 10 (26.3) | |||
Eat meat at least once per week | Yes | 262 (75.5) | 70 (26.7) | 0.189 | 63 (24.0) | 0.105 |
No | 85 (24.5) | 29 (34.1) | 28 (33.0) | |||
Source of water | Pipe water | 309 (88.8) | 84 (27.2) | 0.141 | 81 (26.2) | 0.939 |
Other (well, river….) | 29 (11.2) | 15 (38.5) | 10 (25.6) | |||
Presence of functional latrine at home | Yes | 310 (89.1) | 90 (29.0) | 0.490 | 79 (25.5) | 0.420 |
No | 38 (10.9) | 9 (23.7) | 12 (31.6) |