Table 2.
Factors associated with minimum dietary diversity practice, Ethiopia, 2012.
| Characteristics | Minimum dietary diversity | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate | Inadequate | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Child characteristics | ||||
| Age in month | ||||
| 6–11 months | 49 (4.6) | 1010 (95.4) | 1 | |
| 12–17 months | 104 (11) | 838 (89) | 0.392 (0.276, 0.556) | 0.322 (0.220, 0.472) |
| 18–23 months | 138 (16.5) | 696 (83.5) | 0.247 (0.176, 0.347) | 0.215 (0.148, 0.313) |
| Birth order | ||||
| First | 87 (17.9) | 400 (82.1) | 1 | |
| Second | 47 (9.4) | 452 (90.6) | 2.091 (1.432, 3.054) | 2.134 (1.280, 3.557) |
| Third | 41 (9.6) | 387 (90.4) | 2.084 (1.400, 3.102) | 1.951 (1.152, 3.304) |
| Fourth | 30 (8.1) | 341 (91.9) | 2.489 (1.603, 3.864) | 2.110 (1.185, 3.757) |
| Fifth | 87 (8.3) | 87 (8.3) | 2.433 (1.768, 3.348) | 1.835 (1.127, 2.990) |
| Mothers characteristics | ||||
| Mother work status | ||||
| Yes | 127 (13.6) | 810 (86.4) | 1.65 (1.292, 2.114) | 1.271 (0.958, 1.688) |
| No | 164 (8.7) | 1730 (91.3) | 1 | |
| Mother education | ||||
| No education | 105 (5.5) | 1810 (94.5) | 1 | |
| Primary education | 141 (17.5) | 663 (82.5) | 0.273 (0.209, 0.357) | 0.314 (0.226, 0.438) |
| Secondary and above | 45 (38.8) | 71 (61.2) | 0.090 (0.059, 0.138) | 0.296 (0.156, 0.562) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Never in union | 3 (14.3) | 18 (85.7) | 1 | |
| Married | 283 (10.7) | 2369 (89.3) | 1.212 (0.332, 4.419) | ∗∗ |
| Widowed | 5 (3.1) | 157 (96.9) | 4.191 (0.893, 19.680) | ∗∗ |
| Household characteristics | ||||
| Household wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 34 (5) | 649 (95) | 1 | |
| Poorer | 60 (9.5) | 570 (90.5) | 0.492 (0.318, 0.761) | 0.635 (0.402, 1.004) |
| Middle | 39 (6.8) | 533 (93.2) | 0.717 (0.446, 1.152) | 1.006 (0.610, 1.658) |
| Richer | 44 (8.7) | 463 (91.3) | 0.552 (0.347, 0.877) | 0.923 (0.560, 1.521) |
| richest | 115 (25.8) | 330 (74.2) | 0.150 (0.100, 0.226) | 0.256 (0.142, 0.459) |
| Exposure to media | ||||
| Satisfactory | 172 (7.8) | 2020 (92.2) | 0.372 (0.289, 0.478) | 0.734 (0.531, 1.014) |
| Unsatisfactory | 119 (18.6) | 520 (81.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Number of <5 children | ||||
| one | 124 (13.4) | 804 (86.6) | 1.155 (0.806, 1.656) | 1.880 (1.251, 2.826) |
| Two | 123 (8.5) | 1324 (91.5) | 0.690 (0.481, 0.992) | 2.476 (1.510, 4.060) |
| Three and above | 44 (9.6) | 416 (90.4) | 1 | 0.455 (0.284, 0.729) |
| Decision making | ||||
| Women not involved | 26 (8.4) | 282 (91.6) | 1 | |
| Women involved | 257 (11.0) | 2084 (89) | 1.323 (0.869, 2.012) | ∗∗ |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Husband education | ||||
| No education | 84 (6.2) | 1279 (93.8) | 1 | |
| Primary education | 137 (11.4) | 1065 (88.6) | 0.510 (0.384, 0.678) | 0.944 (0.681, 1.308) |
| Secondary and above | 65 (27.4) | 172 (72.6) | 0.174 (0.121, 0.249) | 0.804 (0.474, 1.365) |
| Type of place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 83 (22.6) | 285 (77.4) | 3.162 (2.384, 4.195) | 0.687 (0.410, 1.152) |
| Rural | 208 (8.4) | 2260 (91.6) | 1 | |
| Health care characteristics | ||||
| Number of ANC visits | ||||
| No visit | 116 (7.2) | 1491 (92.8) | 1 | |
| 1–3 visits | 75 (11.5) | 580 (88.5) | 0.600 (0.442, 0.815) | 0.903 (0.640, 1.275) |
| 4+ visits | 100 (20.2) | 394 (79.8) | 0.307 (0.229, 0.410) | 0.749 (0.511, 1.098) |
| Place of delivery | ||||
| Home | 216 (8.6) | 2287 (91.4) | 1 | |
| Health institute | 75 (22.6) | 257 (77.4) | 3.093 (2.309, 4.143) | 1.229 (0.753, 2.006) |
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
**Those not showing association in the Bivariate analysis at P value ≤0.2 and not fitted to multivariate model.