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. 2014 May 20;18(4):669–678. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014000834

Table 4.

Multiple logistic regression modelling of a child not currently receiving adequate complementary feeding (unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios), Ghana, 2008 (n 822)

Unadjusted Adjusted
Outcome variable Characteristic OR 95 % CI P OR 95 % CI P
Not meeting minimum meal frequency Administrative region
Volta 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Central 3·1 1·4, 6·8 0·006 3·1 1·4, 6·8 0·006
Greater Accra 3·2 1·4, 7·8 0·009 3·2 1·4, 7·8 0·009
Western 9·1 3·7, 22·5 <0·001 9·1 3·7, 22·5 <0·001
Eastern 9·1 3·8, 22·3 <0·001 9·1 3·8, 22·3 <0·001
Ashanti 4·2 1·9, 9·5 <0·001 4·2 1·9, 9·5 <0·001
Brong Ahafo 7·5 3·3, 17·1 <0·001 7·5 3·3, 17·1 <0·001
Northern 11·1 4·9, 25·0 <0·001 11·1 4·9, 25·0 <0·001
Upper East 8·6 3·3, 22·7 <0·001 8·6 3·3, 22·7 <0·001
Upper West 3·8 1·7, 8·5 0·001 3·8 1·7, 8·5 0·001
Not meeting minimum acceptable diet Administrative region
Volta 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Central 2·8 1·3, 6·2 0·011 3·7 1·5, 8·8 0·003
Greater Accra 2·3 1·0, 5·3 0·055 3·2 1·3, 7·8 0·012
Western 5·7 2·3, 14·1 <0·001 7·1 2·7, 18·6 <0·001
Eastern 5·0 2·2, 11·3 <0·001 7·0 2·9, 16·8 <0·001
Ashanti 3·8 2·0, 7·3 <0·001 4·9 2·4, 10·1 <0·001
Brong Ahafo 3·9 1·7, 9·0 0·002 4·7 1·8, 11·9 0·001
Northern 5·1 2·5, 10·2 <0·001 5·7 2·7, 11·9 <0·001
Upper East 4·0 1·7, 9·5 0·002 4·2 1·8, 10·0 0·001
Upper West 1·9 0·9, 4·1 0·082 2·4 1·1, 5·6 0·036
Child’s age in months
18–23 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
12–17 0·4 0·2, 0·6 <0·001 0·3 0·2, 0·5 <0·001
6–11 0·8 0·5, 1·4 0·460 0·9 0·5, 1·5 0·692
Timing of postnatal check-up
0–2 d 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
7+ d 0·9 0·6, 1·3 0·518 1·0 0·7, 1·6 0·859
3–6 d 1·5 0·8, 2·7 0·196 1·5 0·8, 2·8 0·242
No check-ups 1·6 1·0, 2·6 0·070 2·1 1·3, 3·5 0·005
Not meeting minimum dietary diversity Administrative region
Volta 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Central 2·1 1·0, 4·4 0·054 3·4 1·7, 7·2 0·001
Greater Accra 0·9 0·4, 2·1 0·874 2·2 0·8, 5·9 0·114
Western 1·0 0·5, 2·2 0·979 1·4 0·6, 3·2 0·414
Eastern 1·6 0·8, 3·3 0·200 2·7 1·3, 5·9 0·010
Ashanti 1·9 1·0, 3·7 0·062 3·5 1·7, 7·1 <0·001
Brong Ahafo 1·3 0·6, 2·7 0·505 1·8 0·8, 3·8 0·157
Northern 2·1 1·0, 4·5 0·044 2·4 1·1, 5·3 0·036
Upper East 1·2 0·5, 2·8 0·696 1·3 0·5, 3·0 0·586
Upper West 1·1 0·5, 2·5 0·761 1·4 0·6, 3·5 0·467
Child’s age in months
18–23 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
12–17 1·1 0·8, 1·7 0·589 1·1 0·7, 1·7 0·748
6–11 3·7 2·4, 5·7 <0·001 4·3 2·7, 6·8 <0·001
Household wealth index
Rich 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Middle 1·4 0·9, 2·2 0·116 1·5 0·9, 2·5 0·107
Poor 2·1 1·4, 3·1 <0·001 1·9 1·1, 3·1 0·017
Perceived baby size
Large 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Average 1·5 1·0, 2·5 0·073 1·4 1·0, 2·0 0·079
Small 1·2 0·9, 1·8 0·224 1·7 1·0, 2·7 0·039
Place of delivery
Health facility 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Home 1·9 1·4, 2·6 <0·001 1·9 1·2, 2·8 0·003
Not complementarily fed Mother’s religion
Christian 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Muslim and others 2·7 1·2, 6·4 0·020 2·5 1·1, 5·8 0·037
Mother's literacy
Can read whole sentence 1·00 Ref. 1·00 Ref.
Cannot read at all 3·8 1·2, 12·6 0·027 3·5 1·1, 12·0 0·042

Ref., referent category.