Table 3. Factors associated with adequacy of complementary feeding.
| Factors | Initiation of complementary feeding N(%) | P value | ||
| <6 months | At 6 months | >6 months | ||
| Mothers age (in years) | ||||
| a) ≤19 | 00(0) | 06(85.7) | 01(14.3) | |
| b) 20-24 | 05(10.2) | 37(75.5) | 07(14.3) | |
| c) 25-29 | 06(6.4) | 74(78.7) | 14(14.9) | 0.218 |
| d) 30-34 | 08(21.0) | 28(73.7) | 02(5.3) | |
| e) ≥35 | 02(16.7) | 10(83.3) | 00(0) | |
| Type of family | ||||
| a) Joint | 10(9.6) | 83(79.8) | 11(10.6) | |
| b) Nuclear | 11(11.5) | 72(75.0) | 13(13.5) | 0.713 |
| Education of the mother | ||||
| a) Illiterate | 02(16.7) | 06(50) | 04(33.3) | |
| b) Primary school | 04(23.5) | 11(64.7) | 02(11.8) | 0.038 |
| c) Middle school | 02(6.4) | 23(74.2) | 06(19.4) | |
| d) High school | 03(6.2) | 37(77.1) | 08(16.7) | |
| e) PUC | 07(16.7) | 35(83.3) | 00(0) | |
| f) Graduate | 03(6.3) | 41(85.4) | 04(8.3) | |
| g) Professionals | 00(0) | 02(100) | 00(0) | |
| Socio economic status | ||||
| a) Upper lower | 07(15.6) | 29(64.4) | 07(20.0) | |
| b) Lower middle | 06(15.4) | 27(69.2) | 06(15.4) | 0.036 |
| c) Upper middle | 06(5.7) | 92(87.6) | 07(6.7) | |
| d) Upper | 02(18.2) | 07(63.6) | 02(18.2) | |
| Number of children | ||||
| a) One | 08(7.0) | 93(81.6) | 13(11.4) | |
| b) Two | 06(9.4) | 50(78.1) | 08(12.5) | 0.013 |
| c) More than two | 07(31.8) | 12(54.6) | 03(13.6) | |
| Gender of the child | ||||
| a) Male | 12(10.6) | 87(77.0) | 14(12.4) | 0.988 |
| b) Female | 09(10.3) | 68(78.2) | 10(11.5) | |
| Place of delivery | ||||
| a) Primary health centre | 00(0) | 08(100) | 00(0) | 0.033 |
| b) Private hospital | 12(8.6) | 115(82.1) | 13(9.3) | |
| c) Public hospital | 08(16.3) | 30(61.2) | 11(22.5) | |
| d) Home | 01(33.3) | 02(66.7) | 00(0) | |
| Advice about complementary feeding during immunisation | ||||
| a) Given | 10(7.6) | 107(81.7) | 14(10.7) | 0.112 |
| b) Not given | 11(15.9) | 48(69.6) | 10(14.5) | |