Table 2.
Associations between selected factors and complementary feeding
| Variables | Complementary feeding (CF) | P values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No n (%) | Inadequate CF n (%) | Adequate CF n (%) | ||
| Children age (months) | ||||
| 6–11 | 41 (4.8 %) | 791 (92.7 %) | 21 (2.5 %) | <0.001 |
| 12–17 | 8 (1.0 %) | 753 (94.1 %) | 39 (4.9 %) | |
| 18–23 | 19 (2.6 %) | 656 (91.1 %) | 45 (6.2 %) | |
| Sex of child | ||||
| Male | 36 (3.0 %) | 1109 (92.5 %) | 54 (4.5 %) | 0.903 |
| Female | 32 (2.7 %) | 1091 (92.9 %) | 51 (4.3 %) | |
| Mother’s education | ||||
| Illiterate | 11 (2.9 %) | 362 (95.3 %) | 7 (1.8 %) | 0.028 |
| Literate | 57 (2.9 %) | 1838 (92.2 %) | 98 (4.9 %) | |
| Father’s education | ||||
| Illiterate | 19 (3.1 %) | 580 (95.9 %) | 6 (1.0 %) | <0.001 |
| Literate | 49 (2.8 %) | 1620 (91.6 %) | 99 (5.6 %) | |
| Father’s employment status | ||||
| Currently unemployed | 3 (5.7 %) | 48 (90.6 %) | 2 (3.8 %) | <0.001 |
| Labours | 45 (2.7 %) | 1568 (94.2 %) | 52 (3.1 %) | |
| Service holders | 17 (3.3 %) | 457 (89.8 %) | 35 (6.9 %) | |
| Businessmen | 3 (2.1 %) | 127 (87.0 %) | 16 (11.0 %) | |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| Poor | 15 (3.0 %) | 474 (95.4 %) | 8 (1.6 %) | <0.001 |
| Middle | 17 (3.7 %) | 433 (95.0 %) | 6 (1.3 %) | |
| Rich | 36 (2.5 %) | 1293 (91.1 %) | 91 (6.4 %) | |
| Watch Television | ||||
| No | 31 (3.3 %) | 880 (94.6 %) | 19 (2.0 %) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 37 (2.6 %) | 1320 (91.5 %) | 86 (6.0 %) | |
| Listen radio | ||||
| No | 61 (2.8 %) | 2013 (92.9 %) | 94 (4.3 %) | 0.691 |
| Yes | 7 (3.4 %) | 187 (91.2 %) | 11 (5.4 %) | |
| Read newspapers/magazine w | ||||
| No | 59 (3.0 %) | 1850 (94.0 %) | 60 (3.0 %) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 9 (2.2 %) | 350 (86.6 %) | 45 (11.1 %) | |
| Food insecurity | ||||
| No | 45 (2.9 %) | 1421 (91.7 %) | 84 (5.4 %) | 0.005 |
| Yes | 23 (2.8 %) | 779 (94.7 %) | 21 (2.6 %) | |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 14 (1.9 %) | 660 (90.5 %) | 55 (7.5 %) | <0.001 |
| Rural | 54 (3.3 %) | 1540 (93.7 %) | 50 (3.0 %) | |
| Region of residence | ||||
| Southern | 4 (1.5 %) | 252 (94.7 %) | 10 (3.8 %) | 0.398 |
| Southeastern | 22 (4.4 %) | 451 (90.4 %) | 26 (5.2 %) | |
| Central | 7 (1.9 %) | 354 (93.7 %) | 17 (4.5 %) | |
| Western | 6 (2.2 %) | 248 (92.2 %) | 15 (5.6 %) | |
| Mid-western | 8 (2.6 %) | 285 (92.5 %) | 15 (4.9 %) | |
| Northwestern | 9 (3.0 %) | 278 (93.0 %) | 12 (4.0 %) | |
| Eastern | 12 (3.4 %) | 332 (93.8 %) | 10 (2.8 %) | |
| Total | 68 (2.9 %) | 2200 (92.7 %) | 105 (4.4 %) | |