Determinants of complementary feeding practices among Nepalese children aged 6–23 months: findings from demographic and health survey 2011

Table 5 Determinants of meeting minimum dietary diversity among 6–23 months children, Nepal 2011 (N=698)

Factor	Total N [%]	MDD n [%]	Crude OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Mother’s age at pregnancy (in years)			p=0.066		p=0.024*
15–19	78 [11.2]	22 [28.2]	1.00		1.00
20–29	479 [68.6]	159 [33.2]	1.265	0.746–2.146	1.286	0.719–2.299
30–34	83 [11.9]	16 [19.3]	0.608	0.291–1.268	0.637	0.282–1.436
>=35	58 [8.3]	15 [25.9]	0.888	0.412–1.912	2.546	1.042–6.223
Mother’s education			p<0.001*		p<0.001*
No education	288 [41.3]	46 [16.0]	1.00		1.00
Primary	131 [18.8]	31 [23.7]	1.631	0.978–2.720	1.149	0.653–2.021
Secondary	236 [33.8]	111 [47.0]	4.672	3.113–7.010	2.634	1.606–4.318
Higher	43 [6.2]	24 [55.8]	6.645	3.369–13.110	3.246	1.423–7.403
Father’s education			p<0.001*		p=0.001*
No education	135 [19.3]	11 [8.1]	1.00		1.00
Primary	155 [22.2]	33 [21.3]	3.049	1.474–6.306	2.613	1.216–5.616
Secondary	334 [47.9]	131 [39.2]	7.275	3.708–13.998	4.278	2.035–8.992
Higher	74 [10.6]	37 [50.0]	11.273	5.237–24.267	4.648	1.866–11.578
Development region			p=0.003*		p=0.036*
Eastern	165 [23.6]	62 [37.6]	1.00		1.00
Central	157 [22.5]	41 [26.1]	0.587	0.365–0.945	0.727	0.420–1.257
Western	100 [14.3]	36 [36.0]	0.934	0.558–1.565	0.746	0.418–1.333
Mid-western	167 [23.9]	34 [20.4]	0.425	0.260–0.694	0.451	0.258–0.787
Far-western	109 [15.6]	39 [35.8]	0.926	0.560–1.530	1.025	0.580–1.811

*: statistically significant. MDD minimum dietary diversity, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio. -2loglikelihood ratio: 726.296 df: 16, Independent variables entered in initial model: mother’s age at pregnancy, residence, development region, ecological region, highest education of mother, education of father, occupation of mother, ethnicity, religion, wealth index, type of cooking fuel, birth order, birth interval by month, timing of last pregnancy, anaemia level of mother, deworming during pregnancy, iron consumption during last pregnancy, Size of the child at birth, place of delivery, mode of delivery, frequency of reading newspaper/magazine, frequency of watching television, frequency of listening radio. (Only significant predictors reported in the table).

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