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 5

Factors associated with mothers’ dietary diversity practice in Adea district, Ethiopia, 2014.

Variable	DD practice		Crude odds ratio; (95% CI)	Adjusted OR; (95% CI)	value; adjusted
	Good	Not good
Mother’s age in year
15–24 years	21	155	1
25–34 years	81	356	1.68 (1.00, 2.81)	1.82 (1.05, 3.17)	0.026
35–44 years	10	77	0.96 (0.43, 2.14)	1.29 (0.55, 3.03)	0.553
Marital status
Single	9	10	1
Married	101	557	0.20 (0.80, 0.51)	0.22 (0.08, 0.59)	0.003
Divorced	2	21	0.11 (0.02, 0.58)	0.09 (0.02, 0.53)	0.008
Season in which all food is available
Summer	19	155	1
Winter	93	433	1.75 (1.04, 2.97)	1.78 (1.01, 3.15)	0.046
Source of health information
From health post	41	145	1
From health center	4	51	0.28 (0.10, 0.81)	0.36 (0.12, 1.10)	0.073
HP & health development army	42	286	0.52 (0.32, 0.84)	0.48 (0.29, 0.79)	0.004
HP and media	25	106	0.83 (0.48, 1.46)	0.68 (0.37, 1.22)	0.192
Knowledge status
Knowledgeable	85	272	1
Not knowledgeable	27	316	0.27 (0.17, 0.43)	0.30 (0.18, 0.48)	0.000

Note.Statistically significant at value < 0.05 and 95% CI. 1: reference category.