Table 4 Factors associated with minimum meal frequency 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
Minimum meal frequency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Yes N (%) | No N (%) | Crude Odds Ratio with 95% CI | Ajdusted Odds Ratio with 95% CI |
Mother’s education | ||||
Unable to read and write | 475 (69.3) | 210 (30.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary education | 193 (75.7) | 62 (24.3) | 1.38 (0.99, 1.912) | 1.39 (0.93, 2.10) |
Secondary education | 42 (76.4) | 13 (23.6) | 1.43 (0.75, 2.72) | 1.01 (0.43, 2.38) |
Higher education | 37 (94.9) | 2 (5.1) | 8.18 (1.99, 34.25) | 2.22 (0.37, 13.14) |
Age of the child (months) | ||||
6–11 | 86 (41.9) | 123 (58.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
12–17 | 139 (66.5) | 70 (33.5) | 2.84 (1.91, 4.228) | 2.38 (1.56, 3.65)* |
18–23 | 522 (84.7) | 94 (15.3) | 7.94 (5.58, 11.29) | 8.03 (5.50, 11.73)* |
Media exposure | ||||
unsatisfactory | 571 (69) | 256 (31) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Satisfactory | 176 (85) | 31 (15) | 2.55 (1.69, 3.83) | 1.31 (0.77, 2.21) |
Household wealth status | ||||
Poor | 169 (62.8) | 100 (37.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Middle | 296 (71.3) | 119 (28.7) | 1.47 (1.06, 2.04) | 1.84 (1.27, 2. 68)* |
Rich | 282 (80.6) | 68 (19.4) | 2.45 (1.71, 3.53) | 2.39 (1.57, 3.67)* |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 625 (69.4) | 275 (30.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Urban | 122 (91) | 12 (9) | 4.47 (2.43, 8.23) | 3.02 (1.41, 6.48)* |
Postnatal visit | ||||
No | 426 (64.5) | 215 (33.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 321 (81.7) | 72 (18.3) | 2.25 (1.66, 3.05) | 1.81 (1.26, 2.60)* |
Receiving information on IYCF | ||||
No | 96 (59.3) | 66 (40.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 651 (74.7) | 221 (25.3) | 2.025 (1.43, 2.87) | 1.72 (1.14, 2.59)* |
Participation in growth monitoring follow ups | ||||
No | 379 (66.4) | 192 (33.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 368 (79.5) | 95 (20.5) | 1.96 (1.48, 2.61) | 1.57 (1.12, 2.19)* |
Husband’s education | ||||
Unable to read and write | 350 (69.7) | 152 (30.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary education | 298 (72) | 116 (28) | 1.11 (0.83, 1.47) | 0. 88 (0.63, 1.23) |
secondary education | 55 (77.5) | 16 (22.5) | 1.48 (0.82, 2.67) | 1.33 (0.58, 3.04) |
College diploma &above | 41 (93.2) | 3 (6.8) | 5.94 (1.81, 19.46) | 3.27 (0.37, 28.75) |
Father’s Occupation | ||||
farmer | 573 (67) | 241 (33) | 1.06 (0.46, 2.42) | 1.83 (0.63, 5.31) |
Government employee | 66 (90.4) | 7 (9.6) | 4.19 (1.34, 13.11) | 1.24 (0.31, 4.92) |
Daily laborer | 49 (74.2) | 17 (25.8) | 1.28 (0.47, 3.48) | 1.89 (0.57, 6.31) |
merchant | 41 (78.8) | 11 (21.2) | 1.66 (0.57, 4.81) | 1.15 (0.37, 3.52) |
Self employee | 18 (69.2) | 8 (30.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |