Table 3.
Background characteristics and dietary diversity among lactating women (n = 1238)
| Variables | Inadequate n (%) |
Adequate n (%) |
Chi-square |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age of the respondents (in years) | |||
| Less than or equal to 20 | 30 (33.0) | 61 (67.0) | 14.73** (0.002) |
| 21 to 25 years | 163 (23.0) | 546 (77.0) | |
| 26 to 30 years | 86 (22.8) | 291 (77.2) | |
| 31 to 35 years | 4 (6.6) | 57 (93.4) | |
| Education of the respondent | |||
| No schooling | 29 (25.2) | 86 (74.8) | 12.85* (0.025) |
| Primary | 28 (25.2) | 83 (74.8) | |
| Upper primary | 39 (26.9) | 106 (73.1) | |
| Secondary | 68 (28.7) | 169 (71.3) | |
| Higher secondary | 78 (19.9) | 314 (80.1) | |
| Graduation or above | 41 (17.2) | 197 (82.8) | |
| Education of the Husband | |||
| No schooling | 7 (29.2) | 17 (70.8) | 2.106 (0.834) |
| Primary | 12 (20.3) | 47 (79.7) | |
| Upper primary | 39 (25.0) | 117 (75.0) | |
| Secondary | 54 (23.7) | 174 (76.3) | |
| Higher secondary | 80 (20.9) | 302 (79.1) | |
| Graduation or above | 91 (23.4) | 298 (76.6) | |
| Occupation of the respondent | |||
| Unemployed/ Homemaker | 274 (22.9) | 921 (77.1) | 0.94 (0.759) |
| Employed | 9 (20.9) | 34 (79.1) | |
| Occupation of the husband | |||
| Unemployed | 52 (23.2) | 172 (76.8) | 0.02 (0.889) |
| Employed | 231 (22.8) | 783 (77.2) | |
| Parity | |||
| Primipara | 138 (23.3) | 455 (76.7) | 0.11 (0.741) |
| Multiparous | 145 (22.5) | 500 (77.5) | |
| Number of ANC Visits | |||
| Less than 4 ANC Visits | 188 (23.0) | 630 (77.0) | 0.021 (0.885) |
| 4 or more ANC Visits | 95 (22.6) | 325 (77.4) | |
| Nutrition knowledge | |||
| No Knowledge | 41 (25.6) | 119 (74.4) | 35.12*** (0.0001) |
| Low Knowledge | 117 (32.6) | 242 (67.4) | |
| Medium knowledge | 75 (19.9) | 301 (80.1) | |
| High Knowledge | 50 (14.6) | 293 (85.4) | |
*if p < 0.10; **if p < 0.05 and ***if p < 0.01; ANC Antenatal care