Minimum Dietary Diversity and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Ataye District, North Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression1 analysis of factors associated with MDD among lactating mothers in Ataye District, Central Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 631).
Variables
Minimum DD
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
≥5 FGs no. (%)
<5 FGs no. (%)
Maternal education
Formal education
182 (66.2)
93 (33.8)
3.57 (2.56, 4.97)
2.16 (1.14, 4.09)
No formal education
126 (35.4)
230 (64.6)
1.00
1.00
Final say on household purchase (n = 384)
Yes
211 (63.7)
120 (36.3)
3.72 (2.01, 6.91)
5.39 (2.34, 12.42)
No
17 (32.1)
36 (67.9)
1.00
1.00
Meal frequency
Two meals only or below
21 (39.8)
32 (60.4)
1.00
1.00
Three meals
197 (45.4)
237 (54.6)
1.27 (0.7, 2.27)
0.59 (0.19, 1.85)
Three meals and above
90 (62.5)
54 (37.5)
2.54 (1.33, 4.84)
0.68 (0.20, 2.31)
Income-generating activities
Yes
205 (53.4)
179 (46.6)
1.60 (1.16, 2.21)
0.56 (0.26, 1.22)
No
103 (41.7)
144 (58.3)
1.00
1.00
Place of delivery
Health institutions
230 (55.2)
187 (44.8)
2.15 (1.53, 3.01)
0.53 (0.21, 1.35)
Home
78 (36.4)
136 (63.6)
1.00
1.00
Postnatal follow-up
Yes
189 (57.3)
141 (42.7)
2.05 (1.49, 2.82)
1.56 (0.81, 2.99)
No
119 (39.5)
182 (60.5)
1.00
1.00
Number of ANC visits
≥4
102 (64.6)
56 (35.4)
4.95 (2.94, 8.33)
3.32 (0.85, 12.87)
1–3
174 (49.2)
18 0(50.8)
2.63 (1.67, 4.15)
2.43 (0.74, 7.93)
No visit
32 (26.9)
87 (73.1)
1.00
1.00
Home gardening practice
Yes
179 (68.2)
81 (31.2)
4.15 (2.95, 5.82)
2.67 (1.49, 4.81)
No
129 (34.8)
242 (65.2)
1.00
1.00
Source of food
Another source
162 (60.9)
104 (39.1)
1.00
1.00
Own source
146 (40.0)
219 (60.0)
2.34 (1.69, 3.23)
1.29 (0.59, 2.81)
History of illness
Yes
74 (30.5)
169 (69.5)
0.28 (0.21, 0.41)
0.47 (0.26, 0.85)
No
234 (60.5)
154 (39.5)
1.00
1.00
Knowledge about nutrition
Good
234 (67.6)
112 (32.4)
5.96 (4.21, 8.43)
5.11 (2.68, 9.78)
Poor
74 (26.0)
211 (74.0)
1.00
1.00
Household food insecurity
Food secure
269 (56.2)
210 (43.8)
3.71 (2.47, 5.57)
2.96 (1.45, 6.07)
Food insecure
39 (25.7)
113 (74.3)
1.00
1.00
Household wealth index
Rich
117 (60.3)
77 (39.7)
3.62 (2.45, 5.34)
3.55 (1.76, 7.13)
Medium
112 (65.9)
58 (34.1)
4.59 (3.04, 6.94)
5.94 (2.82, 12.87)
Poor
79 (29.6)
188 (70.4)
1.00
1.00
= value <0.05, = value<0.001, CI = confidence interval, COR = crude odds ratio, AOR = adjusted odds ratio, FGs = food groups, 1Hosmer and Lemeshow test ( value = 0.374).
