Research Article

Dietary Practice and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Misha Woreda, South Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Binary logistic regression with its COR for variables predicting dietary practice among pregnant mothers, Misha woreda, 2020.

VariablesDietary practiceCOR [95% CI]p value
GoodPoor

Age
 18–2656 (9.10%)240 (38.83%)0.34 [1.01, 13.05]0.03
 27–3597 (15.70%)161 (26.05%)0.95 [0.23, 6.02]0.23
 ≥3628 (4.53%)44 (7.12%)1

Marital status
 Married150 (24.27%)413 (66.83%)0.21 [0.05, 2.03]0.62
 Divorced9 (1.46%)11 (1.78%)0.48 [0.23, 6.72]0.81
 Widowed22 (3.56%)13 (2.10%)1

Occupation
 Merchant20 (3.24%)28 (4.53%)0.77 [0.20, 2.97]0.12
 Daily labourer31 (5.02%)30 (4.85%)0.46 [0.17, 1.21]0.21
 Government employee37 (5.99%)16 (2.59%)0.40 [0.15, 1.02]0.002
 House wife93 (15.05%)363 (58.74%)1

Education
 Read and write41 (6.63%)110 (17.80%)1.26 [0.18, 2.39]0.22
 1–842 (6.80%)135 (21.84%)1.05 [0.24, 4.39]0.12
 Secondary and above56 (9.065%)50 (8.10%)3.40 [0.52, 8.91]0.04
 Cannot read and write42 (6.80%)142 (22.98%)1

Income
 <200077 (12.46%)259 (41.91%)0.20 [0.28, 1.74]0.15
 2000–400069 (11.17%)158 (25.57%)0.25 [0.20, 1.18]0.023
 >400035 (5.66%)20 (3.24%)1

Husband support
 Yes76 (12.23%)98 (15.86%)2.60 [0.46,8.12]0.14
 No105 (16.99%)339 (54.85%)1

Gap between pregnancy
 ≤2 yr81 (13.11%)162 (26.21%)1.52 [1.41,5.02]0.47
 3–5 yr59 (9.55%)150 (24.27%)1.20 [1.28, 4.91]0.11
 >5 yr41 (6.63%)125 (20.23%)1

Dietary knowledge
 Good128 (20.71%)230 (37.22%)2.17 [2.28,13.02]0.003
 Poor53 (8.58%)207 (33.50%)1

Additional meal
 Yes107 (17.31%)121 (19.58%)3.80 [1.50,5.86]0.04
 No74 (11.97%)316 (50.97%)1

Meal skipping
 Yes31 (5.02%)98 (15.86%)0.71 [1.08,11.67]0.13
 No150 (24.27%)339 (54.85%)1

Food craving
 Yes91 (14.72%)113 (18.28%)2.90 [0.52, 8.91]0.09
 No90 (14.56%)324 (52.43%)1

Time of initiation ANC visit
 <3 months of pregnancy69 (11.17%)165 (26.70%)0.73 [0.36, 5.85]0.87
 3–6 months of pregnancy85 (13.75%)225 (36.41%)0.66 [0.53, 1.89]0.98
 >6 months of pregnancy27 (4.37%)47 (7.61%)1

Time that takes to reach health facility
 <1 hour99 (16.02%)110 (17.80%)3.60 [1.28, 4.91]0.65
 ≥1 hour82 (13.27%)327 (52.91%)1

Additional meal
 Yes112 (18.12%)116 (18.77%)4.50 [0.48, 1.94]0.86
 No69 (11.17%)321 (51.94%)1