Effect of Male Involvement on the Nutritional Status of Children Less Than 5 Years: A Cross Sectional Study in a Rural Southwestern District of Uganda

Table 3

(a) Relationship between various male involvement activities and the child nutritional status

Activity (yes)	COR (95% CI)	value
Final decision on exclusive breastfeeding	0.56 (0.32–1.01)	0.049
Final decision on time to start complementary foods	0.72 (0.43–1.23)	0.223
Type of food for start of complementary feeding	0.69 (0.42–1.15)	0.158
Order of serving food	1.05 (0.61–1.81)	0.854
Participate in child feeding	0.87 (0.56–1.34)	0.517
Assist in household chores	0.70 (0.43–1.14)	0.151
Allows help after delivery	0.81 (0.48–1.38)	0.443
Assist in farming	0.77 (0.43–1.35)	0.358
Accompanying mother to child health clinics	1.12 (0.55–2.30)	0.758
Provide appropriate information about breastfeeding	1.08 (0.67–1.73)	0.752
To buy food for the child	0.61 (0.26–1.45)	0.268
To buy food for lactating mother	0.92 (0.55–1.59)	0.765
Transport money to child health clinic	0.52 (0.34–0.81)	0.004
Provide appropriate information about young child feeding	0.76 (0.49–1.17)	0.21

: statistically significant, CI: confidence interval at 95%, value: probability value at 0.005, and COR: Crude Odds Ratio.

(b) Bivariate analysis of other factors associated with child nutritional status

Variable	COR (95% CI)	value
Length of exclusive breast feeding
0–3	1
4–6	0.93 (0.43–1.99)
Do not know	1.35 (0.56–3.24)	0.418
Mixed feeding
No	1
Yes	0.89 (0.50–1.55)
Do not know	1.27 (0.63–2.57)	0.694
Replacement feeding
No	1
Yes	0.89 (0.29–2.70)
Do not know	2.39 (0.39–14.52)	0.613
Occupation
Business	0.64 (0.42–0.99)	0.046
Manual labor	1.37 (0.88–2.13)	0.169
Professional	0.73 (0.31–1.74)	0.468
Peasant farmer	1.01 (0.65–1.58)	0.952
Water source
Piped water, dwelling	1.14 (0.35–3.65)	0.832
Piped water, communal tap	0.55 (0.24–1.27)	0.146
Borehole	0.52 (0.28–0.96)	0.031
Open well	1.22 (0.79–1.91)	0.369
Surface water, stream	N/A	0.000
Spring	2.07 (1.13–3.79)	0.018
Rain water	0.95 (0.56–1.62)	0.859
Hand washing facility
No	1
Yes	0.54 (0.32–0.90)	0.019

: statistically significant, CI: confidence interval at 92%, value: probability value at 0.005, and COR: Crude Odds Ratio.