Table 3.

Relationships between caregivers’ reporting of barriers to improving IYCF practices and related measures of these barriers assessed during the baseline household survey.

Household survey measures (response variables)	Barrier categories	Regression coefficient	p value
	Agriculture & environment domain
Number of different crops sown	Limited diversity of agricultural production	−0.55	0.046
Amount of cultivated land (hectares)	Women’s time dedicated agriculture to	0.19	0.002
	Family conditioning & support domain
Knowledge of appropriate feeding practices (1–10 scale)	Preferences, perceptions and traditions	−0.13	0.78
Number of children and adolescents (<18 years) in the household	Family size and planning	1.53	0.01
	Health & health-seeking behavior domain
Number of antenatal checks attended during most recent pregnancy (maximum 4)	Health system services	−1.88	0.02
Duration of child illness (diarrhea, cough and/or fever) in the past two weeks (number of days)	Illness, poor health and sanitation environment	3.31	0.01
	Livelihoods & access domain
Distance to nearest market by foot (in hours)	Geographic isolation	0.99	0.01
Household Dietary Diversity Score (1–12 scale)	Preparation of diverse foods	−0.75	0.11

Regression coefficients from bivariate analyses are shown with corresponding p values.