Research Article
Complementary Feeding Practices and Household Food Insecurity Status of Children Aged 6–23 Months in Shashemene City West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
Table 5
Bivariate association of food security status with CF indicators of children aged 6–23 months old in Shashemene city, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020.
| Background characteristics | MMF | MDD | MAD | Introduction of CF | COR (95% CI) | Pv | COR (95% CI) | Pv | COR (95% CI) | Pv | COR (95% CI) | Pv |
| Characteristics of children | Sex | M | 0.91 | 0.64–1.30 | 0.62 | 0.82 | 0.57–1.16 | 0.26 | 0.87 | 0.61–1.24 | 0.44 | 1.06 | 0.74–1.54 | 0.73 | F | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | Child age (in months) | 6–8 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 9–11 | 0.93 | 0.50–1.8 | 0.93 | 2.08 | 1.09–3.96 | 0.02 | 1.85 | 0.97–3.53 | 0.059 | 3.94 | 1.53–10.13 | 0.004 | 12–17 | 0.52 | 0.31–0.88 | 0.01 | 1.31 | 0.78–2.21 | 0.31 | 1.31 | 0.78–2.21 | 0.30 | 10.64 | −4.70–24.08 | ≤0.001 | 18–23 | 1.24 | 0.70–2.18 | 0.45 | 2.59 | 1.50–4.47 | 0.001 | 2.45 | 1.43–4.24 | 0.001 | 5.54 | 2.37–12.90 | ≤0.001 | Characteristics of mothers | Mothers’ age (years) | ≤24 | 0.80 | 0.45–1.41 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.22–.66 | 0.001 | 0.40 | 0.24–0.70 | 0.001 | 0.18 | 0.07–0.42 | ≤0.001 | 25–29 | 0.78 | 0.42–1.48 | 0.43 | 0.80 | 0.45–1.42 | 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.42–1.34 | 0.33 | 0.71 | 0.37–1.35 | 0.30 | 30–34 | 0.42 | 0.27–0.67 | ≤0.001 | 0.50 | 0.33–.77 | 0.002 | 0.53 | 0.34–0.81 | 0.004 | 1.92 | 1.23–2.98 | 0.004 | 35+ | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | Mothers’ education | No formal education | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | Primary school | 0.97 | 0.61–1.54 | 0.92 | 1.23 | 0.78–1.94 | 0.35 | 1.21 | 0.77–1.92 | 0.39 | 1.30 | 0.80–2.10 | 28 | 2 yr and above | 0.98 | 0.60–1.61 | 0.94 | 1.11 | 0.68–1.80 | 0.66 | 1.15 | 0.71–1.87 | 0.56 | 1.07 | 0.64–1.80 | 0.78 | Mother’s employment | Homemakers | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | Unskilled worker | 0.67 | 0.46–0.98 | 0.04 | 1.16 | 0.80–1.68 | 0.43 | 1.12 | 0.76–1.62 | 0.56 | 1.57 | 1.05–2.33 | 0.02 | Skilled workers | 0.70 | 0.39–1.23 | 0.21 | 1.51 | 0.87–2.63 | 0.14 | 1.54 | 0.89–2.68 | 0.12 | 1.29 | 0.71–2.33 | 0.40 | Household characteristics | Households monthly expenditure on food | | | | | | | | | | | | | ≤3999 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | ≥4000 | 1.70 | 1.17–2.47 | 0.005 | 2.20 | 1.54–3.15 | ≤0.001 | 2.17 | 1.52–3.12 | ≤0.001 | 0.93 | 0.64–1.36 | 72 | Households food security status | Secure | 2.07 | 1.29–3.31 | 0.002 | 1.57 | 1.04–2.40 | 0.03 | 1.64 | 1.08–2.50 | 0.02 | 0.84 | 0.53–1.32 | 0.45 | Insecure | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | Wealth quintile | Lowest | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | Second | 1.05 | 0.32–3.51 | 0.93 | 0.49 | 0.13–1.90 | 0.30 | 0.49 | 0.12–1.90 | 0.31 | 0.55 | 0.17–1.86 | 0.34 | Middle | 1.76 | 0.57–5.41 | 0.32 | 1.32 | 0.39–4.43 | 0.65 | 1.29 | 0.38–4.34 | 0.68 | 0.38 | 0.12–1.19 | 0.09 | Fourth | 1.77 | 0.56–5.52 | 0.32 | 2.05 | 0.61–6.94 | 0.24 | 1.89 | 0.56–6.41 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 0.13–1.29 | 0.12 | Highest | 7.09 | 2.05–24.45 | 0.002 | 4.02 | 1.15–14.07 | 0.02 | 4.02 | 1.15–14.08 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.09–.99 | 0.04 |
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