Table 5.
Determinants of not introducing complementary foods among children aged 6–8 months, Nepal 2006
| Characteristic | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | P | OR | (95% CI) | P | |
| Mother's education | ||||||
| Secondary and above | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Primary | 8.78 | (2.42, 31.82) | 0.001 | 9.14 | (2.50, 33.41) | 0.001 |
| No education | 10.33 | (3.24, 32.99) | <0.001 | 13.83 | (4.22, 45.32) | <0.001 |
| Mother's age (year) | ||||||
| 35–49 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| 25–34 | 3.15 | (0.60, 16.47) | 0.172 | 3.41 | (0.63, 18.61) | 0.155 |
| 15–24 | 4.07 | (0.86, 19.30) | 0.077 | 5.66 | (1.16, 27.68) | 0.032 |
| Mother's working status | ||||||
| Non‐working | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Working (past 12 months) | 2.36 | (1.22, 4.56) | 0.011 | 2.47 | (1.21, 5.04) | 0.013 |
| Age of child (in months) | 0.45 | (0.29, 0.69) | <0.001 | 0.46 | (0.29, 0.71) | 0.001 |
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.