Table 3 Factors associated with feeding minimum dietary diversity among children age 6–23 months in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 352)
Variable | Minimum Dietary Diversity | Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
(n, %) | (n, %) | ||||
Mother’s age (in years) | <=24 | 51 (52) | 47 48) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
25–29 | 94 (66.2) | 48 (33.8) | 1.81 (1.07–3.06)* | 1.40 (0.73–2.67) | |
> = 30 | 66 (58.9) | 46 (41.1) | 1.32 (0.77–2.28) | 1.26 (0.65–2.45) | |
Mother’s education | No formal education | 26 (28.3) | 66 (71.7) | 1.00 | 1.000 |
Primary education | 51 (53.7) | 44 (46.3) | 2.92 (1.60–5.40)*** | 1.83 (0.95–3.53) | |
Secondary education | 88 (77.9) | 25 (22.1) | 8.94 (4.74–16.86)*** | 4.62 (2.31–9.25)*** | |
College diploma & above | 46 (88.5) | 6 (11.5) | 19.46 (7.42–51.04)*** | 4.49 (1.50–13.42)** | |
Mother’s occupation | Unemployed | 129 (52.4) | 117 (47.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Government employed | 26 (86.9) | 5 (16.1) | 4.72 (1.75–12.68)** | 0.81 (0.29–3.15) | |
Merchant | 26 (85.0) | 14 (35.0) | 1.68 (0.84–3.38) | 1.30 (0.56–2.99) | |
Private employed | 30 (85.7) | 5 (14.3) | 5.44 (2.04–14.49)** | 2.90 (0.97–8.70) | |
Father’s education | No formal education | 11 (31.4) | 24 (68.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary education | 44 (41.1) | 63 (58.9) | 1.52 (0.68–3.43) | 0.55 (0.21–1.43) | |
Secondary education | 80 (66.7) | 40 (33.3) | 4.36 (1.95–9.79)*** | 0.75 (0.26–2.14) | |
College diploma & above | 76 (84.4) | 14 (15.6) | 11.84 (4.75–29.52)*** | 1.01 (0.30–3.41) | |
Father’s occupation | Unemployed | 35 (53.8) | 30 (46.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Government employed | 48 (75.0) | 16 (25.0) | 2.57 (1.22–5.43)* | 1.27 (0.48–3.34) | |
Merchant | 61 (54.0) | 52 (46.0) | 1.00 (0.55–1.85) | 0.91 (0.43–1.91) | |
Private employed | 67 (60.9) | 43 (39.1) | 1.34 (0.72–2.48) | 0.88 (0.41–1.87) | |
Household income (Ethiopian Birr) | <=1500 | 33 (32.4) | 69 (67.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
1501–3000 | 65 (55.1) | 53 (44.9) | 2.56 (1.48–4.45)** | 1.60 (0.87–2.93) | |
3001–4500 | 40 (76.9) | 12 (23.1) | 6.97 (3.24–15.01)*** | 4.13 (1.80–9.50)** | |
>4500 | 73 (91.3) | 7 (8.8) | 21.81 (9.05–52.54)*** | 9.21 (3.48–24.38)*** | |
Dietary diversity and child feeding knowledge | Poor | 35 (38.5) | 56 (61.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Good | 176 (67.4) | 85 (32.6) | 3.31 (2.02–5.44)*** | 1.98 (1.11–3.53)* | |