Table 1.

Rate (%) of meeting minimum dietary diversity among children of age 6–23 months by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, Nepal 2011 (N=698)

Factor	Category	Total N [%]#	MDD n [%]	p value	MMF n [%]	p value	MAD n [%]	p value
Mother’s age at pregnancy(n= 698)				0.061		0.525		0.014
(in years)
	15–19	78 [11.2]	22 [28.2]		57 [73.1]		21 [26.9]
	20–29	479 [68.6]	159 [33.2]		371 [77.5]		141 [29.4]
	30–34	83 [11.9]	16 [19.3]		60 [72.3]		11 [13.3]
	>=35	58 [8.3]	15 [25.9]		47 [81.0]		12 [20.7]
Place of residence(n=698)				0.004		0.690		0.025
	Urban	138 [19.8]	56 [40.6]		104 [75.4]		47 [34.1]
	Rural	560 [80.2]	156 [27.9]		431 [77.0]		138 [24.6]
Development region(n=698)				0.003		0.009		0.007
	Eastern	165 [23.6]	62 [37.6]		142 [86.1]		55 [33.3]
	Central	157 [22.5]	41 [26.1]		116 [73.9]		35 [22.3]
	Western	100 [14.3]	36 [36.0]		79 [79.0]		30 [30.0]
	Mid -western	167 [23.9]	34 [20.4]		117 [70.1]		30 [18.0]
	Far-western	109 [15.6]	39 [35.8]		81 [74.3]		35 [32.1]
Ecological region(n=698)				0.097		0.006		0.030
	Mountain	137 [19.6]	41 [29.9]		105 [76.6]		33 [24.1]
	Hill	283 [40.5]	98 [34.6]		233 [82.3]		90 [31.8]
	Terai/Plain	278 [39.8]	73 [26.3]		197 [70.9]		62 [22.3]
Mother’s education(n=698)				<0.001		0.005		<0.001
	No education	288 [41.3]	46 [16.0]		203 [70.5]		40 [13.9]
	Primary	131 [18.8]	31 [23.7]		100 [76.3]		25 [19.1]
	Secondary	236 [33.8]	11 [47.0]		195 [82.6]		100 [42.4]
	Higher	43 [6.2]	24 [55.8]		37 [86.0]		20 [46.5]
Father’s education(n=698)				<0.001		0.003		<0.001
	No education	135 [19.3]	11 [8.1]		91 [67.4]		9 [6.7]
	Primary	155 [22.2]	33[21.3]		112 [72.3]		26 [16.8]
	Secondary	334 [47.9]	13[39.2]		275 [82.3]		118 [35.3]
	Higher	74 [10.6]	37[50.0]		57 [77.0]		32 [43.2]
Mother’s occupation(n= 698)				<0.001		0.592		0.002
	Not working	197 [28.2]	56 [28.4]		146 [74.1]		50 [25.4]
	Agriculture	412 [59.0]	113[27.4]		319 [77.4]		98 [23.8]
	Working (paid)	89 [12.8]	43 [48.3]		70 [78.7]		37 [41.6]
Father’s occupation(n=698)				0.132		0.039		0.065
	Agriculture	186 [26.6]	46 [24.7]		134 [72.0]		38 [20.4]
	Non agriculture	499 [71.5]	161[32.3]		388 [77.8]		142 [28.5]
	Others	13 [1.9]	5 [38.5]		13 [100]		5 [38.5]
Ethnicity(n=698)				0.002		0.998		0.020
	Relatively advantaged	324 [46.4]	120 [37.0]		248 [76.5]		102 [31.5]
	Relatively disadvantaged (Janjati)	241 [34.5]	61 [25.3]		185 [76.8]		55 [22.8]
	Relatively disadvantaged (Dalit)	133 [19.1]	31 [23.3]		102 [76.7]		28 [21.1]
Religion(n=698)				0.035		0.575		0.090
	Hindu	592 [84.8]	189 [31.9]		456 [77.0]		164 [27.7]
	Others	106 [15.2]	23 [21.7]		79 [74.5]		21 [19.8]
Sex of child(n=698)				0.163		0.900		0. 155
	Male	331 [47.4]	109 [32.9]		253 [76.4]		96 [29.0]
	Female	367 [52.6]	103 [28.1]		282 [76.8]		89 [24.3]
Sex of household head(n=698)				0.697		0.018		0.972
	Male	520 [74.5]	160 [30.8]		387 [74.4]		138 [26.5]
	Female	178 [25.5]	52 [29.2]		148 [83.1]		47 [26.4]
Wealth index(n= 698)				<0.001		0.341		<0.001
	Poorest	205 [29.4]	37 [18.0]		156 [76.1]		34 [16.6]
	Poor	139 [19.9]	36 [25.9]		102 [73.4]		29 [20.9]
	Middle	131 [18.8]	36 [27.5]		96 [73.3]		31 [23.7]
	Richer	124 [17.8]	55 [44.4]		99 [79.8]		51 [41.1]
	Richest	99 [14.2]	48 [48.5]		82 [82.8]		40 [40.4]
Type of cooking fuel(n=698)				<0.001		0.022		<0.001
	Relatively non polluting	103 [14.8]	54 [52.4]		88 [85.4]		47 [45.6]
	Relatively highly polluting	595 [85.2]	158 [26.6]		447 [75.1]		138 [23.2]

# The number of missing values may vary for each variable. The percentages presented are valid percentages. MDD Minimum dietary diversity, MMF Minimum meal frequency, MAD Minimum acceptable diet.