Table 4 Socio demographic and maternal practice versus practice of HTPs on children among children less than 5 years in Axum town, north Ethiopia, 2013

Sex

 Male

329(49.8%)

42(45.7%)

0.845(0.546-1.309)

1.314(0.757-2.281)

 Female

331(50.25)

50(54.3%)

1.0

1.0

Age of mother

 Less than 25

99(15.0%)

22(23.9%)

0.842(0.469-1.514)

1.180(0.554-2.512)

 25-29

187(28.3%)

35(38.0%)

0.474(0.237-0.946)*

0.576(0.216-1.541)

 30-34

152(23.0%)

16(14.4%)

0.385(0.199-0.744)**

0.668(0.244-1.829)

 35+

222(33.6%)

19(20.7%)

1.0

1.0

Marital Status

 Married

555(84.1%)

105(15.9%)

1.0

1.0

 Not married

83(90.2%)

9(9.8%)

1.745(0.50-3.580)

1.044(0.437-2.498)

Religion

 Orthodox

547(82.9%)

64(69.6%)

2.118(1.300-3.450)**

2.113(1.079-4.140)*

 Muslim

113(17.15)

28(30.4%)

1.0

1.0

Occupation

 Jobless/housewife

531(80.5%)

57(62%)

3.105(1.599-6.030)**

5.319(1.517-18.657)**

 Civil servant

42(6.4%)

14(15.2%)

2.249(1.298-3.895)**

2.473(0.997-6.137)

 Merchant & others

87(13.2%)

21(22.8%)

1.0

1.0

Ethnicity

 Tigrian

657(99.5%)

91(98.9%)

2.407(0.248-23.382)

2.185(0.074-64.748)

 Amara

3(0.5%)

1(1.1%)

1.0

1.0

Educational status

 No formal education

113(17.1%)

4(4.3%)

4.545(1.635-12.632)**

3.913(1.262-12.130)*

 Educated

547(82.9%)

88(95.7%)

1.0

1.0

In come

 Less than 500

443(67.1%)

49(53.3%)

1.0

1.0

 500-1000

114(17.3%)

16(17.4%)

0.422(0.252-.707)**

1.162(0.396-3.409)

 Greater than 1000

103(15.6%)

27(29.3%)

0.535(0.273-1.050)

1.854(0.636-5.409)

Number of children

 One to two

305(42.6%)

58(63.0%)

1.0

1.0

 Three and above

355(53.8%)

34(37.0%)

1.986(1.266-3.114)**

1.270(0.616-2.620)

HTPs performed on mother

 Yes

590(89.4%)

28(30.4%)

19.265(11.586 -32.035)***

24.890(13.853-44.719)***

 No

70(10.6%)

64(69.6%)

1.0

1.0