Level of Knowledge and Practice of Mothers on Minimum Dietary Diversity Practices and Associated Factors for 6–23-Month-Old Children in Adea Woreda, Oromia, Ethiopia
Table 4
Factors associated with knowledge of mothers towards dietary diversity in Adea district, Ethiopia, 2014.
Variable
Knowledge status
Crude odds ratio (95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
value adjusted
Knowledgeable
Not knowledgeable
Mother’s age in year
15–24 years
85
91
1
25–34 years
243
194
1.34 (0.94, 1.90)
1.27 (0.86, 1.87)
0.233
35–44 years
29
58
0.54 (0.31, 0.91)
0.46 (0.26, 0.83)
0.010
Husband’s education status
Cannot read and write
38
57
1
Primary
226
242
1.40 (0.89, 2.19)
1.23 (0.76, 1.98)
0.404
Secondary and above
93
44
3.17 (1.84, 5.47)
2.79 (1.55, 5.00)
0.001
Marital status
Single
15
4
1
Married
328
330
0.27 (0.09, 0.81)
0.17 (0.05, 0.56)
0.002
Divorced
14
9
0.42 (0.10, 1.66)
0.35 (0.08, 1.52)
0.161
Season in which all food is available
Summer
77
97
1
Winter
280
246
1.43 (1.02, 2.02)
1.46 (1.01, 2.12)
0.047
Household income
501–1000 birr
170
221
1
1001–3000 birr
187
122
1.99 (1.47, 2.70)
1.79 (1.28, 2.51)
0.001
Source of health information
From health post
85
101
1
From Health center
15
40
0.47 (0.23, 0.86)
0.47 (0.23, 0.93)
0.030
HP & health development army
167
161
1.23 (0.59, 1.77)
1.14 (0.78, 1.67)
0.504
HP and media
90
41
2.61 (1.63, 4.17)
2.25 (1.37, 3.69)
0.001
Note.Statistically significant at value < 0.05 and 95% CI. 1: reference category.
