Sick Child Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Less Than 24 Months Old, in Burayu Town, Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariable analysis of sick child feeding practice and associated factors among mothers of under 24-month-old child visiting the MCH unit of health centers in Burayu town, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2015.

Variables	Sick child feeding practice		95% CI
	Good	Poor	COR	AOR
Occupation of mother
Housewives	158 (59.4)	108 (40.6)	2.14 (1.32,3.43)	0.45 (0.26,0.79)^∗
Working mothers	39 (40.6)	57 (59.4)	1	1
Receive counseling on IYCF
Yes	113 (66.9)	56 (33.1)	2.61 (4.01, 11.70)	2.95 (1.78,4.90)^∗
No	84 (43.5)	109 (56.5)	1	1
Child age
<6 months	42 (28.7)	91 (71.3)	0.23 (0.13,0.39)	0.22 (0.12,0.40)^∗
6–12 months	71 (68.9)	32 (31.1)	1	1
>12	80 (63.5)	46 (36.5)	1	1
Monthly income
<1000	66 (44.9)	81 (55.1)	0.87 (0.68, 1.128)
1000–2000	46 (40.4)	68 (59.6)	1
>2000	53 (52.5)	48 (47.5)	1
Mothers education
Formal education	172 (53.8)	148 (46.3)	0.79 (0.38, 1.44)
No formal education	25 (61.0)	17 (39.0)	1.

^∗. IYCF- infant and young child feeding.