Table 4.
Bivariate simple linear regression of infants’ and children’s dietary diversity and its associated factors (n = 1102)
| Characteristics | Dietary diversity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 | β (SE) | p-value | |
| Child (individual) level | |||
| Age | |||
| 6–11 months | |||
| 12–17 months | 0.05 | 0.47 (0.08) | <0.01 |
| 18–23 months | 0.01 | 0.29 (0.10) | <0.01 |
| Birth order | 0.00 | 0.01 (0.02) | 0.51 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 0.00 | −0.001 (0.87) | 0.99 |
| Female | |||
| Size of child at birth | |||
| Small or < average | |||
| Average or > average | 0.00 | 0.12 (0.10) | 0.23 |
| Very large | 0.00 | 2.01 (3.47) | 0.56 |
| Still breastfeeding | |||
| Yes | 0.04 | −0.71 (0.09) | <0.01 |
| No | |||
| Mother level | |||
| Age | |||
| 15–24 years | |||
| 25–34 years | 0.01 | 0.31 (0.08) | <0.01 |
| 35 years and above | 0.00 | −0.005 (0.13) | 0.97 |
| Age at first birth | 0.01 | 0.03 (0.01) | <0.01 |
| Parity (number of children ever born) | 0.00 | −0.009 (0.02) | 0.64 |
| Autonomy (empowerment) | 0.01 | −0.04 (0.02) | <0.01 |
| Level of education | |||
| No education | |||
| Primary | 0.00 | −0.07 (0.11) | 0.52 |
| Secondary | 0.00 | 0.10 (0.11) | 0.33 |
| Higher | 0.03 | 0.94 (0.15) | <0.01 |
| Employment status | |||
| Unemployed | |||
| Employed | 0.00 | −0.21 (0.11) | 0.07 |
| Received services/information from LHW on MCH | |||
| Yes | 0.03 | 0.71 (0.24) | <0.01 |
| No | |||
| Number of ANC visits received | |||
| At least 4 visits or more | 0.00 | −0.18 (0.09) | 0.04 |
| Less than 4 visits | |||
| Household level | |||
| Number of children under 5 years | 0.01 | −0.08 (0.04) | <0.01 |
| Exposure to mass media | |||
| Yes | 0.00 | −0.07 (0.11) | 0.54 |
| No | |||
| Wealth index | |||
| Poorest | |||
| Poorer | 0.01 | −0.40 (0.11) | <0.01 |
| Middle | 0.00 | −0.07 (0.11) | 0.52 |
| Richer | 0.01 | 0.11 (0.10) | 0.28 |
| Richest | 0.03 | 0.73 (0.12) | <0.01 |
| Community level | |||
| Place of residence | |||
| Urban | 0.01 | 0.37 (0.09) | <0.01 |
| Rural | |||
| Province/Region | |||
| Punjab | 0.00 | 0.14 (0.08) | 0.09 |
| Sindh | 0.00 | −0.001 (0.10) | 0.99 |
| Balochistan | 0.01 | −0.67 (0.20) | <0.01 |
| Khyber Paktunkhwa | 0.00 | −0.07 (0.13) | 0.58 |
| Islamabad (ICT) | 0.00 | 0.69 (0.74) | 0.35 |
| Gilgit Baltistan | 0.00 | 0.07 (0.49) | 0.88 |