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

Table 6

Variables predicting dietary practice among pregnant mothers in logistic regression.

Variables	Dietary practice		COR [95% CI]	AOR (95% CI)
	Good	Poor
Age
18–26	80 (12.94%)	211 (34.14%)	0.35 [1.0, 33.5]	2.07 [0.19, 7.9)]
≥27	170 (27.51%)	157 (25.40%)	1
Education
Literate	166 (26.86%)	160 (25.89%)	7.22 [1.02,7.6]	4.07 [2.13, 9.18]
Illiterate	31 (5.02%)	261 (42.23%)	1
Monthly income
≥4000	160 (25.89%)	176 (28.48%)	0.25 [1.4,6.3]	5.32 [0.08, 13.95]
<4000	221 (35.76%)	61 (9.87%)	1
Occupation
Government employed	97 (15.70%)	15 (2.43%)	14.82 [2.6,8.9]	7.2 [3.9, 17.09]
Housewife	154 (24.92%)	353 (57.12%)	1
Husband support
Yes	76 (12.23%)	98 (15.86%)	5.61 [0.46,8.2]	4.03 [2.01, 8.65]
No	105 (16.99%)	339 (54.85%)	1
Gap between pregnancy
≤2 years	74 (11.97%)	189 (30.58%)	0.74 [1.4,5.02]	3.03 [0.61, 7.15]
>2 years	107 (17.31%)	248 (40.13%)	1
Dietary knowledge
High	128 (20.71%)	230 (37.22%)	6.90 [2.8,13.2]	8.5 [2.19, 21.05]
Low	53 (8.58%)	207 (33.50%)	1
Additional meal
Yes	112 (18.12%)	116 (18.77%)	6.71 [4.2,14.2]	5.03 [0.64, 11.3]
No	69 (11.17%)	321 (51.94%)	1
Skipping meal
Yes	31 (5.02%)	98 (15.86%)	1.20 [1.2,4.9]	2.3 [0.92, 6.84]
No	150 (24.27%)	339 (54.85%)	1
Food craving
Yes	91 (14.72%)	113 (18.28%)	1
No	90 (14.56%)	324 (52.43%)	1.25 [0.4,6.2]	2.07 [1.41, 5.5]

value <0.001, value <0.05.