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Table 7 Determinants of meeting minimum acceptable diet among 6–23 months children, Nepal 2011 (N=698)

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

Factor

Total

N [%]

MAD

n [%]

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

ANC visit (times)

  

p<0.001*

 

p=0.003*

 

No ANC visit

108 [15.5]

11 [10.2]

1.00

 

1.00

 

1–3

211 [30.2]

35 [16.6]

1.754

0.852–3.608

1.349

0.632–2.879

4 or more

379 [54.3]

139 [36.7]

5.107

2.646–9.858

2.601

1.266–5.343

Mother’s age at pregnancy (in years) (n=698)

  

p=0.018*

 

P=0.024*

 

>=35

58 [8.3]

12 [20.7]

0.708

0.315–1.590

1.00

 

15–19

78 [11.2]

21 [26.9]

1.00

 

0.485

0.189–1.244

20–29

479 [68.6]

141 [29.4]

1.123

0.661–1.938

0.567

0.256–1.257

30–34

83 [11.9]

11 [13.3]

0.415

0.185–0.930

0.220

0.079–0.616

Mother’s education (n=698)

  

p<0.001*

 

p=0.002*

 

No education

288 [41.3]

40 [13.9]

1.00

 

1.00

 

Primary

131 [18.8]

25 [19.1]

1.462

0.844–2.532

0.878

0.480–1.605

Secondary

236 [33.8]

100 [42.4]

4.559

2.989–6.953

2.159

1.269–3.595

Higher

43 [6.2]

20 [46.5]

5.391

2.715–10.706

1.780

0.775–4.090

Father’s education

  

p<0.001*

 

p=0.003*

 

No education

135 [19.3]

9 [6.7]

1.00

 

1.00

 

Primary

155 [22.2]

26 [16.8]

2.822

1.272–6.260

2.070

0.898–4.773

Secondary

334 [47.9]

118 [35.3]

7.648

3.751–15.595

3.874

1.742–8.615

Higher

74 [10.6]

32 [43.2]

10.667

4.708–24.166

4.324

1.668–11.212

  1. *: statistically significant. MAD minimum acceptable diet, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio. -2loglikelihood ratio: 682.338, df:13. Independent variables entered in the initial model: Mother’s age at pregnancy, place of residence, development region, ecological region, education of mother, education of father, occupation of mother, ethnicity, wealth index, type of cooking fuel, birth order, birth interval, timing of last pregnancy, anaemia of mother, antenatal visit, deworming, iron tablet consumption during pregnancy, frequency of reading newspaper/magazine, frequency of watching television and frequency of listening radio, size of the baby, place of delivery, and mode of delivery. (Only significant predictors reported in the table).