Determinants of Dietary Diversity Practice among Pregnant Women in the Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression of factors associated with dietary diversity among pregnant women in the Gurage zone, southwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 722).

Characteristics	Dietary diversity		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Inadequate (%)	Adequate (%)
Educational status
Illiterate	360 (77.9)	102 (22.1)	1	1
Primary (1–8)	15 (35.7)	27 (64.3)	6.353 (3.256, 12.395)	6.471 (2.905, 12.415)
Secondary (9–12)	33 (36.7)	57 (63.3)	6.096 (3.765, 9.870)	7.169 (4.001, 12.846)
Collage and above	10 (7.8)	118 (92.2)	41.647 (21.058, 82.365)	32.27 (15.044, 69.221)
Women empowerment
Low/moderate	321 (70.4)	135 (29.6)	1	1
High	97 (36.5)	169 (63.5)	4.143 (3.007, 5.708)	3.497 (2.301, 5.315)
Attitude toward dietary diversity
Unfavorable (score <75%)	233 (62.1)	142 (37.9)	1	1
Favorable (score ≥75%)	185 (53.3)	162 (46.7)	1.437 (1.068, 1.933)	1.665 (1.095, 2.529)
Wealth index
Poor	255 (72.0%)	99 (28.0%)	1	1
Medium	107 (51.9%)	99 (48.1%)	2.383 (1.665, 3.411)	2.457 (1.570, 3.845)
Rich	56 (34.6%)	106 (65.4%)	4.876 (3.273, 7.262)	3.795 (2.299, 6.264)
Food security status
Food secure	240 (58.1%)	173 (41.9%)	3.965 (1.626, 9.669)	3.216 (1.003, 10.308)
Mildly food insecure	104 (57.8%)	76 (42.2%)	4.019 (1.604, 10.073)	2.431 (.728, 8.118)
Moderately food insecure	41 (45.6%)	49 (54.4%)	6.573 (2.507, 17.231)	4.614 (1.315, 16.190)
Severely food insecure	33 (84.6%)	6 (15.4)	1	1

Statistically significant variables.