Dietary Diversity and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Ethiopia: Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (EDHS 2016)

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics and other characteristics of the mothers and children, EDHS 2016.

Variables	Categories	MDDS	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age of the child in months
6-11	1014	19.6	1065
12-23	1907	37.0	1988
24-35	460	8.9	438
36-47	886	17.2	906
Sex of the child
Male	2571	49.8	2614
Female	2590	50.2	2727
Birth interval of the child
First order	1084	21.0	1030
<24months	1049	20.3	974
≥24months	3028	58.7	3337
Birth order
≤3	2779	53.8	2713
>3	2382	46.2	2628
Number of under-5 children
<3	3710	71.9	4005
≥3	1451	28.1	1336
Minimal dietary score
≤3	4722	91.5	4853
≥4	439	8.5	488
Currently breast feeding
Yes	4451	86.2	4748
No	710	13.8	593
Had diarrhea recently
No	4510	87.4	4622
Yes, last two weeks	643	12.5	711