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. 2012 Sep 3;16(10):1723–1731. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012004065

Table 3.

Information and adequate feeding practices (6–8 months)

Complementary feeding (yes) Two or more times daily Three or more food groups
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Mother's exposure to health-care professionals
Had antenatal check up
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 2·00 0·54, 7·42 0·05* 0·01, 0·44 0·43 0·05, 3·71
Advised on nutrition (antenatal)
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 1·48* 1·21, 1·82 1·29† 1·06, 1·58 1·55† 1·03, 2·33
Met with health-care worker in last 3 months
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 0·95 0·78, 1·15 0·88 0·73, 1·06 0·94 0·66, 1·34
Discussed nutrition and health
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 3·76† 1·27, 11·13 1·88 0·87, 4·08 0·70 0·16, 3·08
Exposure to media
Watched television 1·07 0·97, 1·17 1·04 0·95, 1·14 1·08 0·91, 1·29
Listened to radio 1·08‡ 0·99, 1·17 1·12* 1·03, 1·21 1·19† 1·04, 1·37
Read newspaper or magazine 1·30* 1·13, 1·50 1·21* 1·06, 1·37 1·18‡ 0·97, 1·44
Wealth index
Poorest 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Poorer 0·75‡ 0·56, 1·00 0·77‡ 0·57, 1·03 0·83 0·41, 1·65
Middle 0·88 0·65, 1·20 0·90 0·66, 1·23 0·84 0·42, 1·68
Richer 1·14 0·81, 1·62 1·16 0·83, 1·64 1·45 0·72, 2·94
Richest 1·28 0·83, 1·98 1·13 0·75, 1·71 1·49 0·67, 3·31
Mother's education
No education 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Less than primary 1·21 0·83, 1·75 1·32 0·91, 1·90 1·24 0·59, 2·60
Primary 0·99 0·68, 1·44 1·04 0·71, 1·51 0·43 0·15, 1·27
Middle school 1·16 0·89, 1·53 1·34† 1·03, 1·75 1·23 0·72, 2·09
High school and above 1·25 0·80, 1·95 1·19 0·80, 1·78 0·99 0·49, 2·02
Mother's employment
Currently working
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 0·93 0·69, 1·26 0·84 0·63, 1·14 0·77 0·42, 1·39
Works away from home
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 1·33‡ 0·98, 1·81 1·24 0·91, 1·67 1·45 0·80, 2·64
Other variables
Gender
Female 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Male 1·02 0·85, 1·23 0·96 0·81, 1·15 1·14 0·82, 1·57
Had diarrhoea in last week
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 1·03 0·81, 1·30 0·82‡ 0·65, 1·03 0·64‡ 0·40, 1·01
No. of siblings aged <3 years 0·79† 0·64, 0·98 0·78† 0·63, 0·97 0·62† 0·40, 0·95
Child was first-born
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 1·09 0·87, 1·36 0·94 0·76, 1·15 0·70‡ 0·48, 1·01
Low birth weight – subjective
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 0·93 0·64, 1·35 0·82 0·57, 1·17 1·18 0·59, 2·36
Rural area
No 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Yes 0·85 0·67, 1·07 0·83‡ 0·67, 1·04 1·07 0·73, 1·57
Observations 2209 2210 2210

Ref., reference category.

Odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval from the multivariate logistic regression models, stratified by WHO feeding guidelines, conditional on socio-economic variables.

All the covariates listed in the table were included for each model.

*Significant at 1 % level.

†Significant at 5 % level.

‡Significant at 10 % level.