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Table 4 Distribution of dietary diversity among urban school age children in Merawi, North West Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 396)

From: Dietary diversity among school age children in Merawi town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2018: a community based cross-sectional study

Variables

dietary diversity

 

Yes

No

COR (95% CL)

AOR(95% CL)

Education

Educated

210

11

3.034 (1.396, 1.396)

 

Uneducated

153

22

1

 

Marital status

Married

296

30

.459 (0.136, 1.550)

 

Not Married

67

3

1

 

Maternal occupation

Employed

158

9

2.327 (1.018, 5.318)

 

Unemployed

205

24

1

 

Family size

Less than or equal four

151

9

1.812 (0.815, 4.025)

 

Equal or greater five

212

24

1

 

Age of the child

6–8

  

0.373 (0.172, 0.809)

0.31 (0.14, 0.70)

9–12

  

1

1

Access to information

Yes

343

27

3.969 (1.467,10.742)

3.18 (1.07,9.47)

No

20

6

1

1

Household food security

Insecure

16

3

.444 (.122, 1.615)

 

Secured

347

30

1

 
  1. 1 = reference, COR Crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio and * = significant variable