Table 3 Factors associated with minimum dietary diversity practices among 6–23 months of children, Dabat district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
From: Dietary diversity and meal frequency among infant and young children: a community based study
Variables | Minimum dietary diversity | Crude Odds Ratio with 95% CI | Ajdusted Odds Ratio with 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adequate | Inadequate | |||
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Mother’s education | ||||
Unable to read and write | 92 (13.4) | 593 (86.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary education | 50 (19.6) | 205 (80.4) | 1.57 (1.08, 2.30) | 1.24 (0.79, 1.95) |
Secondary education | 16 (29) | 39 (71) | 2.64 (1.40, 4.93) | 1.30 (0.60, 0.80) |
Higher education | 18 (46.2) | 21 (53.8) | 5.53 (2.84, 10.76) | 1.59 (0.66, 3.80) |
Age of children | ||||
6–11 | 17 (8.1) | 192 (91.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
12–17 | 33 (15.8) | 176 (84.2) | 2.12 (1.14, 3.94) | 1.41 (0.73, 1.71) |
18–23 | 126 (20.5) | 490 (79.50) | 2.90 (1.70, 4.95) | 2.34 (1.33, 4.11)* |
Birth order | ||||
First | 47 (21.9) | 168 (78.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Second to fourth | 95 (17.3) | 453 (82.7) | 0.75 (0.51, 1.11) | 0.70 (0.41, 1.19) |
Above fourth | 34 (21.9) | 237 (87.5) | 0.51 (0.32, 0.83) | 0.74 (0.37, 1.48) |
Media exposure | ||||
Unsatisfactory | 101 (12.2) | 726 (87.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Satisfactory | 75 (36.2) | 132 (63.8) | 4.08 (2.87, 5.81) | 2.79 (1.74, 4.47)* |
Household wealth status | ||||
Poor | 32 (11.9) | 237 (88.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Middle | 65 (15.7) | 350 (84.3) | 1.37 (0.87, 2.17) | 1.53 (0.94, 2.47) |
Rich | 79 (22.6) | 271 (77.4) | 2.16 (1.38, 3.37) | 1.35 (0.81, 2.25) |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 130 (14.4) | 770 (85.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Urban | 46 (34.3) | 88 (65.7) | 3.10 (2.07, 4.63) | 1.14 (0.62, 1.20) |
Postnatal visit | ||||
No | 75 (11.7) | 566 (88.3)) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 101 (25.7) | 292 (74.3) | 2.61 (1.88, 3.63) | 1.95 (1.34, 2.88)* |
Home gardening | ||||
No | 163 (16.5) | 825 (83.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 13 (28.3) | 33 (71.7) | 1.99 (1.03, 3.87) | 1.88 (0.91, 3.92) |
Place of birth | ||||
Home | 114 (64.8) | 62 (35.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Health institution | 484 (56.4) | 374 (43.6) | 0.70 (0.50, 0.98) | 0.93 (0.63, 1.37) |
participation in growth monitoring follow up | ||||
No | 78 (13.7) | 493 (86.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 98 (21.2) | 365 (78.8) | 1.70 (1.22,2.35) | 1.65 (1.14, 2.39)* |
Currently breastfed | ||||
No | 10 (32.3) | 21 (67.7) | 2.40 (1.11,5.19) | 1.02 (0.24, 4.38) |
Yes | 166 (16.6) | 837 (83.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Age of mothers | ||||
15–24 | 36 (14.6) | 210 (85.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
25–34 | 107 (20.4) | 418 (79.6) | 1.49 (0.99, 1.39) | 1.89 (1.09, 3.27)* |
35–50 | 33 (12.5) | 230 (87.5) | 0.84 (0.50, 1.39) | 1.07 (0.57, 2.14) |