Dietary Diversity and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Ethiopia: Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016 (EDHS 2016)
Table 3
Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression between different level predictors and minimum dietary diversity of children aged 6–59 months, EDHS 2016.
Variables
Categories
MDDS
Odds ratio (95% CI)
<4 ( (%)
≥4 ( (%)
COR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
Mother’s educational status
Illiterate
196 (5.8)
3155 (94.2)
1
1
Primary
134 (10.3)
1161 (89.7)
1.858 (1.476, 2.339)
<0.001
1.270 (0.989, 1.631)
0.061
Secondary
51 (15.2)
284 (84.8)
2.891 (2.076, 4.025)
<0.001
1.322 (0.900, 1.941)
0.155
Higher
58 (32.2)
122 (67.8)
7.653 (5.424, 10.798)
<0.001
2.514 (1.651,3.829)
<0.001
Husband’s educational status
No education
121 (5.0)
2322 (95.0)
0.222 (0.162, 0.305)
<0.001
0.759 (0.486, 1.184)
0.224
Primarily
151 (9.2)
1492 (90.8)
0.432 (0.317, 0.588)
<0.001
0.924 (0.613, 1.393)
0.706
Secondary
74 (14.8)
427 (85.2)
0.740 (0.517, 1.057)
0.098
1.141 (0.758, 1.717)
0.528
Higher
71 (19.0)
303 (81.0)
1
Age of mothers at birth
<20
16 (8.1)
181 (91.9)
1
20-29
228 (8.3)
2533 (91.7)
1.018 (600, 1.728)
0.947
30-39
173 (9.1)
1733 (90.9)
1.129 (0.662, 1.927)
0.656
≥40
22 (7.4)
275 (92.6)
0.905 (0.463, 1.770)
0.771
Mother currently working
Not working
252 (6.5)
3637 (93.5)
1
1
Working
187 (14.7)
1085 (85.3)
2.487 (2.035, 3.041)
<0.001
1.833 (1.468, 2.288)
<0.001
Residence
Rural
269 (6.3)
3974 (93.7)
1
1
Urban
170 (18.5)
748 (81.5)
3.358 (2.729, 4.131)
<0.001
1.307 (0.865, 1.974)
0.204
Wealth index
Poorest
60 (3.0)
1921 (97.0)
1
1
Poorer
55 (6.2)
834 (93.8)
2.111 (1.451, 3.071)
<0.001
1.955 (1.322, 2.890)
0.001
Middle
78 (10.7)
653 (89.3)
3.824 (2.700, 5.417)
<0.001
3.631 (2.519, 5.233)
<0.001
Richer
64 (10.6)
540 (89.4)
3.795 (2.634, 5.466)
<0.001
3.235 (2.195, 4.766)
<0.001
Richest
182 (19.0)
774 (81.0)
7.528 (5.558, 10.198)
<0.001
4.746 (3.308, 6.809)
<0.001
Child age (months)
6-11
80 (7.9)
934 (92.1)
1.307 ((0.915, 1.865)
0.141
1.078 (0.738, 1.575)
0.697
12-23
227 (11.9)
1680 (88.1)
2.061 (1.518, 2.799)
<0.001
1.720 (1.240, 2.387)
0.001
24-35
23 (5.0)
437 (95.0)
0.803 (0.487, 1.324)
0.390
0.991 (0.582, 1.688)
0.974
36-47
54 (6.1)
832 (93.9)
0.990 (0.672, 1.459)
1.079 (0.715, 1.628)
0.717
48-59
55 (6.2)
839 (93.8)
1
1
Sex of the child
Male
211 (8.2)
2360 (91.8)
0.926 (0.762, 1.126)
0.443
Female
228 (8.8)
2362 (91.2)
1
Birth order
≤3
281 (10.1)
2498 (89.9)
1
>3
158 (6.6)
2224 (93.4)
0.632 (0.515, 0.774)
<0.001
1.008 (0.775, 1.311)
0.951
Birth interval of the child
First order
126 (11.6)
958 (88.4)
1
<24 months
59 (5.6)
990 (94.4)
0.453 (0.328, 0.625)
<0.001
0.889 (0.607, 1.302)
0.889
≥24months
254 (8.4)
2774 (91.6)
0.696 (0.555, 0.873)
0.002
0.932 (0.716, 1.214)
0.932
Number of under 5 children
<3
367 (9.9)
3343 (90.1)
12.103 (1.621, 2.728)
<0.001
1.497 (1.118, 2.004)
0.007
≥3
72 (5.0)
1379 (95.0)
1
1
HH has radio
Yes
163 (13.0)
1094 (87.0)
1
1
No
276 (7.1)
3628 (92.9)
0.511 (0.416, 0.627)
<0.001
0.812 (0.645, 1.023)
0.812
HH has television
Yes
151 (21.5)
552 (78.5)
1
No
288 (6.5)
4170 (93.5)
0.252 (0.203, 0.313)
<0.001
0.719 (0.486, 1.063)
0.719
Sex of HH head
Male
359 (8.7)
3744 (91.3)
1
Female
80 (7.6)
978 (92.4)
0.853 (0.663, 1.098)
0.217
Maximum SE 0.272; Hosmer and Lemeshow 0.169; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.
