School feeding program has resulted in improved dietary diversity, nutritional status and class attendance of school children

Table 2 Association between enrollment in school feeding program and dietary diversity score among school children in Boricha district, Southern Ethiopia, February 2016

Simple linear regression			Multiple linear regression^a
β coefficient^b	t statistic	p value	β coefficient^b	t statistic	p value
2.34	21.532	< 0.001	2.35	19.058	< 0.001

^aadjusted for child age, maternal educational status, mother’s occupation, father’s occupation, household wealth index, size of agricultural land and household food insecurity status
^bcoding scheme: 0 = non-beneficiaries, 1 = SFP beneficiaries

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