Complementary Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers Having Children 6–23 Months of Age, Lasta District, Amhara Region, Northeast Ethiopia
Table 3
Factors associated with inappropriate complementary feeding practice among mothers who had 6–23-month-old children at Lasta Woreda, Amharra, Northern Ethiopia, April to October 2015.
Variables ()
Appropriate (%)
Inappropriate (%)
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Sex of children
Male
175 (75.4%)
57 (24.6)
1
1
Female
199 (81.6)
45 (18.4)
1.44 (.93, 2.24)
1.32 (.78, 2.22)
Child birth order
1–3
273 (82.0)
60 (18.0)
1
1
4–6
97 (72.4)
37 (27.6)
5.69 (1.48, 21.81)
.27 (.13, .55)
7–10
4 (44.4)
5 (55.6)
3.28 (.83, 12.87)
.25 (.02, 2.60)
Public media exposure
No
36 (35.3)
66 (64.7)
1
1
Yes
158 (42.2)
216 (57.8)
2.44 (1.53, 3.90)
2.50
Mothers decision making role on family income
Mainly husband
29 (87.9)
4 (12.10)
1
1
Only husband
6 (60.0)
4 (40.0)
.20 (.04, 1.07)
5.54
Mainly wife
4 (40.0)
6 (60.0)
.09 (.02, .48)
.01 (.00, .14)
Only wife
32 (68.1)
15 (31.9)
.29 (.089, .99)
.20 (.02, 2.61)
Both jointly
303 (80.0)
73 (19.4)
.57 (.19, 1.68)
.15 (.03, .72)
ANC follow-up
No
363 (80.1)
90 (19.9)
1
1
Yes
4 (40.0)
6 (60.0)
.29 (.10, .84)
.51 (.22, 1.20)
PNC follow-up
No
90 (80.2)
12 (42.9)
1
1
Yes
364 (19.8)
10 (57.1)
.19 (.08, .45)
5.98
Mothers educational status
Cannot read, write
242 (78.7)
65 (21.3)
1
1
Read & write
32 (74.4)
11 (25.6)
.79 (.37, 1.63)
.51 (.22, 1.22)
1–4
25 (86.2)
4 (13.8)
1.68 (.56, 4.99)
1.35 (.36, 5.01)
5–8
38 (74.5)
13 (25.5)
.79 (.39, 1.56)
.60 (.25, 1.46)
9–12
34 (79.1)
9 (20.9)
1.02 (0.46, 2.22)
1.33 (.41, 4.29)
College/university
3 (100.0)
0 (0)
4.34 (.00, …)
1.37 (.00, .00)
Mothers occupational status
Government employed
7 (77.8)
2 (22.2)
1
1
Private employed
2 (50.0)
2 (50.0)
.29 (.02, 3.52)
.44 (.00, 7.45)
Merchant
18 (69.2)
8 (30.8)
.64 (.10, 3.80)
1.91 (.19, 8.84)
House wife
89 (84.8)
16 (15.2)
1.59 (.30, 8.35)
9.50
Farmer
242 (78.1)
68 (21.9)
1.02 (.20, 5.00)
3.56 (.42, 10.45)
Daily laborer
4 (66.7)
2 (33.3)
.57 (.06, 5.76)
1.90 (.08, 4.92)
Student
1 (50.0)
1 (50.0)
.27 (.01, 6.91)
.42 (.01, 7.00)
House maid
11 (78.6)
3 (21.4)
1.05 (.14, 7.93)
2.69 (.22, 3.68)
Maternal marital status
Married
334 (79.9)
84 (20.1)
1
1
Single
11 (68.8)
5 (31.2)
0.55 (0.19, 1.63)
1.87 (.24, 13.73)
Divorced
24 (68.6)
11 (31.4)
0.55 (0.26, 1.16)
.92 (.11, 7.83)
Widowed
4 (66.7)
2 (33.3)
0.50 (0.09, 2.79)
.23 (.01, 4.29)
Family size
1–4
176 (78.2)
49 (21.8)
1
1
5–8
195 (79.6)
50 (20.4)
1.09 (.68, 1.69)
1.79 (.85, 3.79)
9–11
3 (50.0)
3 (50.0)
.28 (.05, 1.42)
1.28 (.08, 2.79)
Place of delivery
Health facility
200 (82.0)
44 (18.0)
1
1
Home
173 (74.9)
58 (25.1)
.66 (.42, 1.03)
.74 (.43, 1.29)
-value < 0.05, -value < 0.01, COR (Crude odds ratio) AOR (Adjusted odds ratio), CI (confidence interval) Hosmer and Lemeshow’s goodness-of-fit test was found to be chi-square of 8.147 with -value of 0.232 hence the model was good because its -value > (0.05).
