Table 1.

Mean level of complementary feeding

Variables	Numbers (%)	Mean (± SD)	Standard Error (SE)	P values
Children age (months)
6–11	853 (35.9)	19.1 (± 11.7)	0.40	<0.001a
12–17	800 (33.7)	26.2 (± 11.8)	0.42
18–23	720 (30.3)	28.0 (± 12.2)	0.45
Sex of child
Male	1199 (50.5)	23.9 (± 12.4)	0.36	0.332b
Female	1174 (49.5)	24.5 (± 12.5)	0.36
Mother’s education
Illiterate	380 (16.0)	18.8 (± 9.97)	0.51	<0.001b
Literate	1993 (84.0)	25.2 (± 12.7)	0.28
Father’s education
Illiterate	605 (25.5)	19.8 (± 10.7)	0.43	<0.001b
Literate	1768 (74.5)	25.7 (± 12.7)	0.30
Father’s employment status
Currently unemployed	53 (2.2)	22.6 (± 13.9)	1.91	<0.001a
Labours	1665 (70.2)	23.3 (± 11.8)	0.29
Service holders	509 (21.4)	26.1 (± 13.2)	0.59
Businessmen	146 (6.2)	28.8 (± 14.5)	1.20
Socioeconomic status
Poor	497 (20.9)	19.6 (± 10.6)	0.47	<0.001a
Middle	456 (19.2)	21.4 (± 11.1)	0.52
Rich	1420 (59.8)	26.7 (± 12.8)	0.34
Watch television
No	930 (39.2)	20.7 (± 11.1)	0.36	<0.001b
Yes	1443 (60.8)	26.5 (± 12.8)	0.34
Listen to radio
No	2168 (91.4)	24.1 (± 12.5)	0.27	0.179
Yes	205 (8.6)	25.3 (± 12.8)	0.89
Read newspapers/magazine
No	1969 (83.0)	22.9 (± 11.8)	0.27	<0.001b
Yes	404 (17.0)	30.4 (± 13.7)	0.68
Food insecurity
No	1550 (65.3)	25.3 (± 12.9)	0.33	<0.001b
Yes	823 (34.7)	22.2 (± 11.3)	0.40
Place of residence
Urban	729 (30.7)	27.4 (± 13.4)	0.49	<0.001b
Rural	1644 (69.3)	22.8 (± 11.8)	0.29
Region of residence
Southern	266 (11.2)	23.7 (± 12.5)	0.76	<0.001a
Southeastern	499 (21.0)	22.3 (± 12.9)	0.58
Central	378 (15.9)	23.6 (± 12.7)	0.66
Western	269 (11.3)	28.8 (± 11.4)	0.69
Mid-western	308 (13.0)	26.2 (± 11.8)	0.67
Northwestern	299 (12.6)	25.9 (± 11.2)	0.65
Eastern	354 (14.9)	21.1 (± 12.6)	0.67
Total	2373 (100.0)	24.2 (± 12.5)	0.26

SD Standard deviation, SE Standard error

^aANOVA test

^bT-test