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. 2020 Dec 17;15(12):e0243721. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243721

Table 10. Significant (p<0.05) predictors of animal-based food groups (grams) during the dry and rainy seasons in Malawi, from multivariate models adjusted for all predictors significant (p<0.10) in univariate models.

Driver of food consumption Meat and eggs Fish Dairy
Mother Child Mother Child Mother Child
Dry Rainy Dry Rainy Dry Rainy Dry Rainy Dry Rainy Dry Rainy
Accessibility
Rural (vs. urban)
Minutes to nearest food market/shop
Other family member primarily buys food (vs. mother)
Other transport to buy food (vs. walk)
Affordability
Number of household assets
HFIAS score
Amount spent on food for household
Amount spent on special foods for children
Desirability
Taste preference: fish
Purchase special foods for children
Perceived healthy body size of mother: obese (vs. underweight)
Perceived healthy body size of child: normal weight (vs. underweight)
Perceived healthy body size of child: overweight (vs. underweight)
Perceived healthy body size of child: obese (vs. underweight)
Other factors
Age of child
Female sex of child (vs. male)
Child fever in last 2 weeks
Mother cough in last 2 weeks

Black is inversely associated, grey is positively associated.