Table 3. Socio-demographic determinants of minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet among children aged 6–23 months.
| Sociodemographic variables | Minimum dietary diversity | Minimum meal frequency | Minimum acceptable diet | |||
| N (%) | Estimate (95% CI) | N (%) | Estimate (95% CI) | N (%) | Estimate (95% CI) | |
| Age of the children | ||||||
| 6–11 months | 20 (12.7) | 1 | 49 (31.0) | 1 | 16 (10.1) | 1 |
| 12–17 months | 42 (35.6) | 2.38 (1.51, 3.75)** | 75 (63.6) | 1.92 (1.47, 2.50)*** | 37 (31.4) | 2.85 (1.69, 4.80)*** |
| 18–23 months | 42 (34.7) | 2.55 (1.62, 4.02)*** | 62 (51.2) | 1.56 (1.17, 2.08)** | 38 (31.4) | 2.69 (1.61, 4.51)*** |
| Sex of the children | ||||||
| Male | 56 (28.1) | – | 86 (43.2) | 1 | 50 (25.1) | – |
| Female | 48 (24.2) | 100 (50.5) | 1.17 (0.96, 1.43) | 41 (20.7) | ||
| Mother’s age (years) | ||||||
| 15–19 | 13 (19.4) | 25 (37.3) | 1 | 8 (11.9) | 1 | |
| 20–30 | 84 (28.2) | – | 147 (49.3) | 1.46 (1.08, 1.97)* | 74 (24.8) | 2.08 (1.05, 4.13)* |
| 31–45 | 7 (21.9) | 14 (43.8) | 1.29 (0.78, 2.12) | 9 (28.1) | 2.39 (1.02, 5.57)* | |
| Mother’s education | ||||||
| Primary and below | 38 (16.6) | 1 | 91 (39.7) | 1 | 40 (17.5) | 1 |
| Secondary or higher | 66 (39.3) | 1.93 (1.35, 2.76)** | 95 (56.5) | 1.27 (1.03, 1.56)* | 51 (30.4) | 1.41 (0.97, 2.05) |
| Mother’s occupation | ||||||
| Homemaker | 92 (27.2) | – | 160 (47.3) | – | 83 (24.6) | 1.42 (0.73, 2.75) |
| Service holder | 12 (20.3) | 26 (44.1) | 8 (13.6) | 1 | ||
| Mother’s nutritional status | ||||||
| Underweight | 14 (27.5) | 1 | 20 (39.2) | 11 (21.6) | 1 | |
| Normal | 52 (23.1) | 1.00 (0.64, 1.55) | 107 (47.6) | – | 45 (20.0) | 0.90 (0.52, 1.56) |
| Overweight | 38 (31.4) | 1.28 (0.81, 2.03) | 59 (48.8) | 35 (28.9) | 1.16 (0.66, 2.05) | |
| Father’s occupation | ||||||
| Labourer | 43 (19.5) | 1 | 94 (42.7) | 1 | 35 (15.9) | 1 |
| Businessmen/service holder | 61 (34.5) | 1.32 (0.95, 1.83) | 92 (52.0) | 1.02 (0.82, 1.26) | 56 (31.6) | 1.43 (0.96, 2.14) |
| Household size | ||||||
| ≤4 | 76 (27.5) | – | 135 (48.9) | 1 | 68 (24.6) | 1 |
| ≥5 | 28 (23.1) | 51 (42.1) | 0.96 (0.76, 1.21) | 23 (19.0) | 0.94 (0.62, 1.42) | |
| Household income | ||||||
| Low | 33 (16.3) | 1 | 77 (38.1) | 1 | 29 (14.4) | 1 |
| High | 71 (36.4) | 1.57 (1.07, 2.30)* | 109 (55.9) | 1.30 (1.03, 1.65)* | 62 (31.8) | 1.73 (1.14, 2.64)* |
| Household food insecurity | ||||||
| Food secured | 35 (47.9) | 1 | 46 (63.0) | 1 | 26 (35.6) | 1 |
| Food insecure | 69 (21.3) | 0.78 (0.55, 1.11) | 140 (43.2) | 0.87 (0.69, 1.10) | 65 (20.1) | 0.91 (0.60, 1.73) |
| Maternal pregnancy complications | ||||||
| Yes | 17 (19.1) | 1 | 45 (50.6) | – | 15 (16.9) | 1 |
| No | 87 (28.2) | 1.67 (1.09, 2.55)* | 141 (45.8) | 76 (24.7) | 1.70 (1.04, 2.77)* | |
*
significant at p<0.05, **significant at p<0.01, ***significant at p<0.001.