Nearly One in Three Lactating Mothers Is Suffering from Inadequate Dietary Diversity in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 4
Bivariable and multivariable associations of factors with dietary diversity among lactating mothers in Lay Gayint District, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia, March 2018.
Variables
Dietary diversity
COR (95% C.I.)
AOR (95% C.I.)
Adequate
Inadequate
Mobile phone
Yes
103
104
4.6 (2.945, 7.272)
2.29 (1.152–4.546)
No
165
36
1
1
Home gardening
Yes
18
61
10.7 (5.98, 19.22)
4.1 (1.707–9.866)
No
250
79
1
Pulses production
Yes
78
105
7.3 (4.592, 11.629)
4.8 (2.508–9.325)
No
105
35
Income generating activities
Yes
50
85
6.35 (4.23, 10.019)
4 (2–8.331)
No
218
57
Delivered in health center
Yes
191
127
3.94 (2, 7.388)
4.7 (1.799–12.250)
No
77
13
Household food insecurity status
Food secured
50
72
4.6 (2.938, 7.254)
2.4 (1.245–4.620)
Food insecure
218
68
1
1
Meal frequency
Below 3 meals
66
5
1
1
3 meals
190
71
4.9 (1.909, 12.743)
2.5 (0.746–8.458)
>3 meals
15
61
70.4 (23.470, 211.170)
11.12 (2.735–45.243)
Adequate dietary diversity includes both medium and high dietary diversity categories; inadequate dietary diversity includes low dietary diversity.