Table 2.
Percentage of youngest children aged 6–23 months living with their mother who are fed a MDD, MMF and MAD based on child, maternal, household and community characteristics, Odisha, India, 2015–2016
| Characteristics | Minimum dietary diversity | Minimum meal frequency | Minimum acceptable diet | n | χ 2 value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child’s age in months | 48·03*** | ||||
| 6–8 | 4·7 | 46·5 | 3·5 | 504 | |
| 9–11 | 13·5 | 35·0 | 5·6 | 544 | |
| 12–17 | 23·1 | 37·8 | 8·6 | 994 | |
| 18–23 | 30·4 | 41·7 | 12·1 | 1031 | |
| Child’s gender | 2·35 | ||||
| Male | 22·1 | 40·8 | 9·1 | 1632 | |
| Female | 19·4 | 39·1 | 7·7 | 1440 | |
| Child’s birth order | 1·78 | ||||
| First | 20·9 | 37·5 | 7·7 | 1303 | |
| Second and above | 20·8 | 41·9 | 9·0 | 1770 | |
| Child’s birth weight | 1·85 | ||||
| Less than 2·5 kg – written card | 23·5 | 37·7 | 9·7 | 445 | |
| 2·5 kg and above – written card | 20·6 | 40·5 | 8·1 | 1796 | |
| Less than 2·5 kg – mother’s recall | 15·1 | 35·2 | 8·3 | 133 | |
| 2·5 kg and above – mother’s recall | 21·4 | 40·8 | 8·3 | 548 | |
| Not weighted/do not know | 19·2 | 42·3 | 8·6 | 151 | |
| Child’s initiation of breast-feeding | 0·11 | ||||
| Within 1 h of birth | 19·8 | 42·3 | 8·6 | 2107 | |
| After 1 h of birth | 23·2 | 35·1 | 8·1 | 966 | |
| Child received any benefit from ICDS in the last 12 months | 0·37 | ||||
| No | 18·0 | 36·4 | 8·0 | 269 | |
| Yes | 21·1 | 40·2 | 8·4 | 2804 | |
| Current age of mother | 1·55 | ||||
| 15–24 | 18·4 | 38·2 | 7·2 | 1296 | |
| 25–29 | 23·4 | 39·9 | 9·0 | 1126 | |
| 30–30 | 21·2 | 43·9 | 9·9 | 651 | |
| Age at marriage of the mother | 0·53 | ||||
| 19 and below years | 20·3 | 38·6 | 8·1 | 1720 | |
| 20 and above years | 21·1 | 41·4 | 8·5 | 1321 | |
| Years of schooling of the mother | 2·07 | ||||
| No schooling | 17·1 | 39·3 | 6·9 | 793 | |
| Less than 10 years | 20·8 | 41·1 | 8·9 | 1574 | |
| 10 and above years | 25·0 | 38·4 | 9·2 | 706 | |
| Mass media exposure of the mother | 5·07** | ||||
| No | 16·4 | 40·3 | 6·3 | 863 | |
| Yes | 22·6 | 39·9 | 9·3 | 2209 | |
| Antenatal care visits for the last pregnancy | 2·02** | ||||
| <4 times | 19·5 | 36·8 | 7·3 | 1152 | |
| 4+ times | 21·6 | 42·0 | 9·1 | 1921 | |
| Place of delivery of the youngest child | 1·44 | ||||
| Others | 16·5 | 38·4 | 6·7 | 386 | |
| Institutional | 21·4 | 40·3 | 8·7 | 2686 | |
| Wealth index of the household | 10·12*** | ||||
| Poorest/poorer | 18·3 | 38·5 | 7·4 | 2013 | |
| Middle | 22·8 | 43·6 | 10·0 | 604 | |
| Richer/richest | 29·3 | 42·2 | 11·1 | 456 | |
| Social group of the household | 5·39 | ||||
| Non-SC/ST/OBC | 23·7 | 37·0 | 10·4 | 524 | |
| Scheduled caste (SC) | 18·5 | 36·5 | 6·0 | 690 | |
| Scheduled tribe (ST) | 20·4 | 39·8 | 8·7 | 875 | |
| Other backward class (OBC) | 21·4 | 44·3 | 8·8 | 983 | |
| Place of residence | 0·22 | ||||
| Urban | 20·9 | 41·4 | 8·4 | 452 | |
| Rural | 20·8 | 39·8 | 8·5 | 2620 | |
| Region | 2·33 | ||||
| Coastal | 24·7 | 38·8 | 10·0 | 1036 | |
| Northern | 22·4 | 37·6 | 8·1 | 896 | |
| Southern | 16·1 | 43·1 | 7·3 | 1141 | |
| Nutritionally classified type of districts | 0·17 | ||||
| High burdened districts (HBD) | 18·2 | 43·0 | 8·4 | 1461 | |
| Low burdened districts (LBD) | 23·2 | 37·3 | 8·4 | 1612 | |
| Total | 20·8 | 40·0 | 8·4 | 3073 |
Significant at **P < 0·05, ***P < 0·01.