Research Article

Dietary Diversity Practice and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Robe Town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors on minimum dietary diversity practice.

Predictor variablesMDD scoreCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
YesNo

Child age (month)
 6–1121 (14)134 (86)11
 12–2397 (28)256 (72)2.42(1.44, 4.05)2.99 (1.65, 5.42)

Current breastfeeding status
 No21 (39)33 (61)11
 Yes97 (21)357 (79)0.43 (0.24, 0.77)0.62 (0.29, 1.31)

Place of delivery
 Home5 (14)31 (86)11
 Health facility113 (24)359 (76)1.95 (0.74, 5.14)1.32 (0.42, 4.16)

Marital status
 Not in union1 (5)21 (95)11
 In union117 (24)369 (76)6.66 (0.89, 50.04)2.10 (0.25, 17.82)

Mothers’ decision
 No1 (7)13 (93)11
 Yes117 (24)377 (76)4.03 (0.52, 31.17)3.01 (0.28, 32.52)

Media exposure
 No14 (9)138 (90)11
 Yes104 (29)252 (71)4.07 (2.24, 7.38)3.91 (1.97, 7.77)

Mother’s education
 No education5 (8)56(92)11
 1 education44 (18)201 (82)2.45 (0.93, 6.48)1.80 (0.60, 5.34)
 2 and above69 (34)133 (66)5.81 (2.22, 15.17)3.21 (1.05, 9.85)

Maternal age
 15–2449 (29)118 (71)11
 25–2949 (25)150 (75)0.79 (0.49, 1.25)0.61 (0.34, 1.08)
 ≥3020 (14)122 (86)0.39 (0.22, 0.70)0.44 (0.22, 0.87)

Knowledge on food diversification
 Do not know25 (9)259 (91)11
 Knows93 (42)131 (58)7.35 (4.51, 11.99)8.50 (4.95, 14.58)

Father’s education
 No education6 (13)39 (87)11
 1 education43 (18)198 (82)1.41 (0.56, 3.54)0.52 (0.18, 1.52)
 2 and above69 (31)153 (69)2.93 (1.19, 7.25)0.69 (0.23, 2.10)

Father’s occupation
 Daily laborer25 (14)154 (86)11
 Employed35 (36)62 (64)3.48 (1.92, 6.28)2.14 (0.99, 4.59)
 Merchants44 (26)123 (74)2.20 (1.28, 3.80)2.27 (1.19, 4.33)
 Others14 (22)51 (79)1.69 (0.82, 3.50)2.41 (0.99,5.82)

No of children <5
 170 (24)223 (76)11
 244 (24)137 (76)1.02 (0.66, 1.58)1.03 (0.56, 1.90)
 3 and above4 (12)30 (88)0.42 (0.14, 1.25)1.27 (0.36, 4.48)

Family size
 Less than 574 (30)174 (70)11
 5 or more44 (17)216 (83)0.48 (0.31, 0.73)0.80 (0.45, 1.44)

Statistically significant at . Statistically significant at .