Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Mothers of Children Aged 6–24 Months in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019
Table 2
Factors associated with timely initiation of complementary feeding among mothers of children aged 6–24 months in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 275).
Variables
Timely initiation of complementary feeding practice
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes
No
N (%)
N (%)
Age of mother
15–19
9 (75.0)
5 (25.0)
1.39 (0.35–5.49)
—
20–24
25 (48.1)
27 (51.9)
—
25–29
74 (65.5)
39 (34.5)
0.88 (0.49–1.56)
—
≥30
65 (68.4)
31 (31.6)
1.00
—
Educational status of women
Illiterate
37 (49.3)
38 (50.7)
1.00
1.00
Read and write
23 (51.1)
22 (48.9)
1.07 (0.51–2.25)
1.29 (0.53–3.16)
Grade 1–8
26 (65.0)
14 (35.0)
1.91 (0.86–4.21)
1.60 (0.60–4.24)
Grade 9–12
43 (72.9)
16 (27.1)
College and above
10 (17.9)
46 (82.1)
Wealth index
Poor
24 (29.6)
57 (70.4)
—
Middle
71 (59.2)
49 (40.8)
—
Rich
60 (81.1)
14 (18.9)
1.00
—
Family size including the current child
1–3
71 (53.8)
61 (46.2)
1.00
—
4–6
98 (73.1)
36 (26.9)
—
7–10
6 (66.7)
3 (33.3)
1.72 (0.41–7.16)
—
Growth monitoring follow-up
Yes
5 (18.5)
22 (81.5)
—
No
95 (38.3)
153 (61.7)
1.00
—
Complementary feeding counseling
Yes
122 (77.2)
36 (22.8)
No
53 (46.5)
61 (53.5)
1.00
1.00
Knowledge level on CF
Poor
34 (53.1)
30 (46.9)
Good
66 (31.3)
145 (68.7)
1.00
1.00
Variables having a in bivariable analysis; statistically significant at value <0.05 in the multivariable analysis. COR: crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; 1.00 = reference category.
