Table 2.

Multivariable analysis of individual and community level factors associated with minimum dietary diversity in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

Variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Individual level factors	AOR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)	P-Value
Sex of household head
Male	1		1
Female	0.66 (0.43–1.01)		0.62 (0.40–0.95)	0.03
Maternal education
No education	1		1
Primary	1.30 (0.89–1.91)		1.31 (0.89–1.93)	0.15
Secondary	1.71 (1.01–2.89)		1.68 (0.99–2.83)	0.05
Higher	3.29 (1.78–6.07)		3.09 (1.67–5.71)	0.00
Mother's occupation
No work	1.01 (0.69–1.48)		0.98 (0.67–1.43)	0.92
Non-agricultural	1		1
Agricultural	1.87 (1.10–3.19)		1.89 (1.10–3.23)	0.01
Wealth index
Poorest	1		1
Poorer	2.15 (1.11–4.15)		2.27 (1.17–4.40)	0.01
Middle	2.72 (1.42–5.23)		2.99 (1.54–5.79)	0.00
Richer	3.58 (1.85–6.92)		3.98 (2.04–7.76)	0.00
Richest	6.97 (3.59–3.51)		5.93 (2.69–13.08)	0.00
Community-level factors
Region
Pastoralist		1	1
City		1.61 (0.97–2.66)	0.98 (0.98–1.65)	0.940
Agrarian		1.17 (0.78–1.77)	0.62 (0.39–0.98)	0.045

Notice; - P-value <0.05, statistically significant.