Factors associated with minimal meal frequency and dietary diversity practices among infants and young children in the predominantly agrarian society of Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

Table 5 Bivariate and multivariate regression analysis of factors significant with minimal DDSs among children aged 06–23 months at Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia, 2016

Characteristics	Minimal dietary diversity practice
Characteristics	Category	Yes	No	COR (95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
Educational status of the mother	Illiterate	36	159	0.46 (0.32,0.69)	0.52 (0.28,0.94)*
	Informal education	4	27	0.30 (0.10,0.88)	0.20 (0.04,0.91)*
	Formal education	188	387	1.00	1.00
Household family size	< 4	80	166	1.9(1.16–3.12)	2(0.89–4.5)
	4–6	120	296	1.6 (1.0,2.56)	1.2 (0.60,2.37)
	>6	28	11	1.00	1.00
Exposure to different media	Yes	167	322	1.96 (1.41,2.78)	1.27 (0.82,1.95)
Exposure to different media	No	61	241	1.00	1.00
Parity of the mother	1–2	129	294	3.13 (1.38,7.0)	1.6 (0.48,5.53)
	3–6	92	229	2.8 (1.25,6.56)	2.5 (0.84,7.88)
	≥ 7	7	50	1.00	1.00
Child illness in the past 1 week	Yes	34	145	0.51 (0.34,0.78)	0.44 (0.26,0.73)*
Child illness in the past 1 week	No	194	428	1.00	1.00
Counselling on infant and young child feeding during antenatal care visit	YES	162	283	2.4 (1.7,3.4)	1.57 (0.92,2.6)
	No	57	240	1.00	1.00
Counselling on infant and young child feeding during postnatal care visit	Yes	149	253	4.1 (2.7,6.2)	2.6 (1.59,4.45)*
	No	34	240	1.00	1.00

Note : *Significant at P-Value <0.05; DDSs–Dietary Diversity Scores; COR–Crude Odds Ratio; AOR–Adjusted Odds Ratio

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