Dietary Diversity among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Aleta Wondo District, Southern Ethiopia
Table 3
Outputs of the linear regression analysis on factors associated with the dietary diversity score among children aged 6–23 months, Aleta Wondo, Southern Ethiopia.
Variables and coding schemes
Bivariate
Multivariate
β
value
β
value
Proximate variables
Household food security status (1–4)
−0.14
0.002
−0.13
0.001
Knowledge of mothers on IYCF (1–10)
0.19
0.007
0.21
0.004
Fathers involvement in IYCF (1–8)
0.34
0.028
0.32
0.016
Distal variables
Age of mothers (15–49 years)
0.16
0.052
0.09
0.216
Wealth index (1–5)
0.06
0.018
0.54
0.041
Father’s education (0 = illiterate and 1 = literate)
0.94
0.003
0.48
0.002
Mother’s education (0 = illiterate and 1 = literate)
0.31
0.035
0.30
0.243
Ownership of backyard garden (0 = no and 1 = yes)
0.48
0.004
0.38
0.010
Mothers involvement in income generating (0 = no and 1 = yes)
0.26
0.045
0.13
0.162
Age of child in months (6–23)
0.15
0.001
0.04
0.001
Participation in food demonstration (0 = no and 1 = yes)
0.25
0.011
0.19
0.036
Received IYCF information via mass media (0 = no and 1 = yes)
0.22
0.007
0.16
0.015
Received IYCF information during ANC (0 = no and 1 = yes)
0.94
0.035
0.91
0.022
Received IYCF information during PNC (0 = no and 1 = yes)
