Table 4.

Determinants of mean dietary zinc intake among children 6–35 month in Ethiopia

Independent variable	Regression coefficient	p-value
Child age	−0.02	< 0.0001
Number of children < 5 yrs	−0.11	0.71
Female relationship to child	0.14	< 0.0001
Child sex	0.01	0.016
Child sickness in previous 2 weeks	0.13	< 0.0001
Place of residence (urban/rural)	0.04	0.004
SES quintile	0.06	0.19
Mother’s age	0.02	< 0.0001
Mothers education status	0.41	0.004
Head of household education status	0.35	0.84
Region	0.16	< 0.0001