Minimum Meal Frequency Practice and Its Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Amibara District, North East Ethiopia

Table 5

Binary logistic regression analysis for determinants of meeting minimum meal frequency among children aged 6–23 months in Amibara district, North East Ethiopia, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 364).

Variables		Meet minimum meal frequency		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Residence	Urban	86	30	1.42 (0.87, 2.32)	0.69 (0.33, 1.41)
	Rural	166	82	1	1
Place of delivery	Home	63	45	1	1
	Health institution	189	67	2 (1.26, 3.23)	1.35 (0.55, 3.32)
ANC service visit	Yes	211	81	1.97 (1.12, 3.34)	1.8 (0.69, 4.7)
	No	41	31	1	1
PNC service visit	Yes	173	62	1.77 (1.12, 2.79)	1.5 (0.65, 3.7)
	No	79	50	1	1
HH hunger scale	Little to no hunger	247	93	10.1 (3.67, 17.4)	5.3 (1.5, 12.5)
	Severe to moderate hunger	5	19	1	1
Early initiation of breastfeeding	Yes	195	44	5.29 (3.27, 8.5)	2.2 (1.17, 4.18)
	No	57	68	1	1
Media exposure	Yes	168	52	2.3 (1.47, 3.64)	1.32 (0.65, 2.65)
	No	84	60	1	1
Currently breastfeeding	Yes	217	45	9.23 (5.49, 15.5)	7.5 (3.95, 14.4)
	No	35	67	1	1
Source of food	Own production	15	7	4 (1.36, 11.9)	4.61 (0.95, 13.4)
	Purchase	221	75	5.53 (2.85, 10.7)	1.94 (0.76, 4.95)
	Food aid	16	30	1	1
MDDS	Yes	141	95	4.4 (2.48, 7.8)	3.71 (1.85, 7.44)
	No	111	17	1	1

Note: value <0.05; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.