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Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression output showing that factors associated with dietary diversityamong school adolescent girls, Gondar City Administration, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

From: Improved dietary diversity of school adolescent girls in the context of urban Northwest Ethiopia: 2017

Variables

Dietary diversity

Crude Odds Ratio with 95% C)

Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% CI

 

Adequate

Not adequate

  

Age of adolescent

    

 Early

90 (69.2%)

40 (30.8%)

1

1

 Middle

216 (53.7%)

186 (46.3%)

0.52 (0.34,0.79)

1.25 (0.71,2.20)

 Late

93 (39.4%)

143 (60.6%)

0.29 (0.18,0.46)

1.01 (0.51,2.01)

School type

    

 Government

280 (45.8%)

332 (54.2%)

1

1

 Private

119 (76.3%)

37 (23.7%)

3.81 (2.55,5.70)

3.17 (1.90,5.28)a

Educational status of father

    

 Informal education

173 (46.8%)

197 (53.2%)

1

1

 Primary

44 (49.9%)

52 (46.1%)

0.96 (0.61,1.51)

0.81 (0.50,1.31)

 Secondary

77 (61.6%)

48 (38.4%)

1.83 (1.20,2.76)

1.27 (0.77,2.09)

 College and above

105 (59.3%)

72 (40.7%)

1.66 (1.12,2.39)

0.98 (0.60,1.64)

Educational status of mothers

    

 Informal education

193 (45.2%)

234 (54.8%)

1

1

 Primary

69 (59%)

48 (41%)

1.74 (1.15,2.64)

1.24 (0.78,1.96)

 Secondary

72 (58.5%)

51 (41.5%)

1.71 (1.14,2.57)

1.05 (0.62,1.79)

 College and above

65 (64.4%)

36 (35.6%)

2.19 (1.40,3.43)

1.38 (0.69,2.76)

Occupation of the mothers

    

 Government employee

69 (55.6%)

55 (44.4%)

1.39 (0.68,2.83)

1.61 (0.74,3.53)

 Housewife

241 (50%)

241 (50%)

1.10 (0.58,2.11)

1.65 (0.81,3.33)

 Daily laborer

17 (43.6%)

22 (56.4%)

0.85 (0.35,2.07)

1.26 (0.49,3.29)

 Merchant

53 (63.9%)

30 (36.1%)

1.95 (0.91,4.20)

2.42 (1.06,5.53)

 Others

19 (47.5%)

21 (52.5%)

1

1

Wealth status

    

 1st quintile

75 (45.5%)

90 (54.5%)

0.52(0.34,0.79)

0.78 (0.47,1.29)

 2nd quintile

100 (47.2%)

112 (52.8%)

0.55 (0.37,0.82)

0.80 (0.51,1.25)

 3rd quintile

106 (53%)

94 (47%)

0.70 (0.47,1.04)

0.85 (0.54, 1.31)

 4th quintile

118 (61.8%)

73 (38.2%)

1

1

Availability of latrine

    

 Yes

324 (53.4%)

283 (46.6%)

1.31 (0.93,1.86)

0.88 (0.60,1.32)

 No

75 (46.6%)

86 (53.4%)

1

1

Stunting

    

 Stunted

115 (44.4%)

144 (55.6%)

1

1

 Normal

284 (55.8%)

225 (44.2%)

1.58 (1.17, 2.14)

1.00 (0.70, 1.42

Residence

    

 Urban

380 (53%)

337 (47%)

1.90 (1.06, 3.41)

2.00 (0.84, 3.01)a

 Rural

19 (37.3%)

32 (62.7%)

1

1

Respondents educational status

    

 5–8

184 (64.1%)

103 (35.9%)

1

1

 9–10

197 (47.2%)

220 (52.8%)

0.50 (0.37, 0.68)

0.69 (0.46, 1.03)

 11–12

18 (28.5%)

46 (71.9%)

0.22 (0.12, 0.40)

0.23 (0.11, 0.50)

  1. aindicate significant at p value less than 0.05 in multivariable logistic analysis