Table 3. Association of variables with dietary diversity of lactating mothers (n = 408) visiting governmental health facilities of Dessie town, Ethiopia, March-April, 2017.

	Dietary Diversity
Variables	Inadequate	Adequate	COR	AOR
	n (%)	n (%)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
Maternal age (in years)
15–19	12(2.96)	5 (1.24)	1	1
20–29	156(38.2)	147(36.0)	0.5(0.32, 0.86)	0.5(0.15, 1.50)
30–40	59(14.48)	29(7.12)	1.2(0.38, 3.67)	0.8(0.25, 2.84)
Current marital status
Married/Living together	223(54.64)	179(43.86)	1	1
Divorced/Separated/	4(0.92)	2(0.48)	1.65(0.29, 8.87)	0.4(0.05, 3.33)
Maternal education
No formal Education	54 (13.2%)	22 (5.4%)	2.3 (1.31, 3.87)**	1.5 (0.82, 2.83)
Formal Education	173 (42.4%)	159 (39.0%)	1	1
Husband education
No formal Education	34 (8.3%)	12 (3.0%)	2.5 (1.25, 4.95)**	0.8 (0.30, 1.85)
Formal Education	193 (47.3%)	169 (41.4%)	1	1
Household monthly income
≤ 1500 ETB	85 (20.8%)	28 (6.9%)	3.3 (2.02, 5.31)**	2.0 (1.15, 3.65)**
˃ 1500 ETB	142 (34.8%)	153 (37.5%)	1	1
Type of house
Corrugated iron roof and wall made with soil	177 (43.4%)	110 (27.0%)	2.3 (1.48, 3.52)**	1.8 (1.15, 2.94)**
Corrugated iron roof and wall made with cement	50 (12.2%)	71 (17.4%)	1	1
Nutrition information
Yes	132 (32.3%)	130 (31.9%)	1	1
No	95 (23.3%)	51 (12.5%)	1.8 (1.21, 2.79)**	1.6 (1.05, 2.61)**
Daily meal frequency
≤ 3 Meals/day	136 (33.3%)	83 (20.4%)	1.8 (1.19, 2.62)**	1.3 (0.86, 2.02)
˃ 3 Meals/day	91 (22.3%)	98 (24.0%)	1
Changes in food intake
Yes	67 (16.4%)	73 (17.9%)	1
No	160 (39.2%)	108 (26.5%)	1.6 (1.07, 2.44)**	1.3 (0.80, 1.95)
Food security status
Food Secured	142 (34.8%)	147 (36.1%)	1	1
Food Insecured	85 (20.8%)	34 (8.3%)	2.6 (1.63, 4.10)**	1.8 (1.05, 3.06)**

COR- Crude Odds Ratio, AOR- Adjusted Odds Ratio, ETB-Ethiopian birr N.B- *p- value significant at level of P <0.2,

**p-value significant at level of P<0.05.