Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors (crude and adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals) associated with high dietary diversity in MCH at AGH, Alamata town, 2017 ().

Variable	Low	High	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Latrine
Yes	124	230	1	1
No	36	22	0.33 (0.19, 0.59)	0.75 (0.336, 1.677)
Residence
Urban	116	212	1	1
Rural	44	40	0.50 (0.31, 0.81)	1.30 (0.64, 2.66)
Monthly income
0–500	9	12	0.70 (0.29, 1.71)	1.60 (0.54, 4.71)
501–1500	39	27	0.36 (0.21, 0.63)	1.06 (0.53, 2.12)
1501 or above	112	213	1	1
Education status
Unable to write and read	79	64	0.15 (0.07, 0.32)	0.67 (0.24, 2.09)
Write and read	20	26	0.24 (0.99, 0.59)	0.61 (0.19, 1.99)
Elementary school	22	45	0.38 (0.16, 0.88)	1.10 (0.36, 3.33)
High school	29	63	0.40 (0.18, 0.90)	0.68 (0.25, 1.86)
College and above	10	54	1	1
Household education status
Elementary school	21	29	1	1
Write and read	29	33	0.63 (0.40, 1.74)	1.38 (0.57, 3.30)
Unable to write and read	69	49	0.51 (0.26, 0.98)	1.26 (0.51, 3.11)
High school	20	44	1.56 (0.73, 3.34)	2.31 (0.96, 5.58)
College and above	21	97	3.35 (1.63, 6.88)	2.82 (1.19, 6.68)
Eating pattern
Two meals and between meal	71	31	1	1
Three meals and above	81	214	0.17 (0.11, 0.28)	2.66 (1.47, 4.82)
Two meals only or below	8	7	0.33 (0.12, 0.94)	3.07 (0.84, 8.21)
Food security
Food unsecured without hunger	85	38	1	1
Food secured	70	211	6.74 (4.23, 10.75)	3.85 (2.12, 6.97)
Food unsecured with hunger	5	3	1.34 (0.31, 5.91)	1.32 (0.27, 6.59)
Occupation
Daily laborer	16	10	1	1
House wife	84	99	4.61 (1.66, 12.77)	2.60 (0.80, 8.46)
Merchant	40	85	6.24 (3.25, 9.26)	4.67 (1.81, 12.05)
Government employee	14	64	7.65 (6.91, 14.81)	4.87 (1.70, 13.95)