Table 6 Association between child characteristics socio demographic and nutritional characteristics with fine motor delay among children aged 20 to 24 months in Butajira, Ethiopia 2019

Duration of breastfeeding

Less than 18

11(22.45)

38(77.55)

I

I

18–20 month

6(15.00)

34(85.00)

0.60(0.20 1.82)

0.45 (0.13 1.56)

21–24 month

66(27.16)

177(72.84)

1.28(0.62 2.66)

0.86 (0.36 2.05)

Age of the mother at birth

< 25

21(25.30)

61(24.50)

I

I

25–29

35(42.17)

101(40.56)

1.00 (0.53 1.88)

0.53 (0.22 1.24)

30–34

22(26.51)

64(25.70)

0.99 (0.49 1.99)

0.39 (0.14 1.11)

> 35

5(6.02)

23(9.24)

0.63(0.21 1.87)

0.22 (0.05 0.87)*

Educational status of the mother

No formal education

48(57.83)

93(37.65)

I

I

Primary school(1–9)

29(34.94)

108(43.72)

0.52(0.30 0.89)*

0.34 (0.14 0.81)*

Secondary and above

6(7.23)

46(18.62)

0.25 (0.10 0.63)*

0. 23 (0.06 0.80)*

Area_of_the_residence

urban

15 (17. 65)

70(82.35)

rural

68 (27.53)

179(72.47)

1.92(1.01 3.64)

1.44(0.49 4.21)

Wealth index

Lower

24(31.58)

52(68.42)

I

I

Second

18(26.47)

50(73.53)

0.78 (0.37 1.60)

0.96 (0.42 2.17)

Middle

22(28.95)

54(71.05)

0.88(0.44 1.76)

1.11 (0.51 2.42)

Fourth

11(17.19)

53(82.81)

0.44 (0.20 1.01)

0.78 (0.27 2.27)

Higher

8(16.67)

40(83.33)

0.43 (0.17 1.06)

1.26(0.30 5.23)

Sex of the child

Male

36(21.43)

132(78.57)

I

I

Female

47(28.66)

117(71.34)

1.47 (0.89 2.42)

1.86 (1.05 3.28) *

Birth order

First

14(22.95)

47(77.05)

I

I

Second

8(12.90)

54(87.10)

0.49(0.19 1.28)

0.46 (0.16 1.34)

Third

23(34.85)

43(65.15)

1.79(0.82 3.92)

1.74 (0.66 4.59)

>=4

38(26.57)

105(73.43)

1.21(0.60 2.45)

0.81 (0.29 2.26)

Mode of delivery

Spontaneous

Vaginal delivery

78(24.61)

239(71.39)

I

I

Instrumental delivery

5(33.33)

10(66.67)

1.53(0.50 4.61)

1.37 (0.36 5.18)

Starting of solid foods

< 6 month

10(32.26)

21(67.74)

I

I

6–8 month

46(20.44)

179(79.56)

0.53 (0.23 1.22)

0.56 (0.22 1.39)

9–11 month

15(31.91)

32(68.09)

0.98 (0.37 2.59)

0.90 (0.30 2.66)

> 12 month

12(41.38)

17(58.62)

1.48 (0.51 4.25)

1.77 (0.55 5.70)

Dietary diversity

Inadequate

76(24.76)

231(75.24)

I

I.

Adequate

7(28.00)

18(72.00)

1.18 (0.47 2.93)

1.88 (0.62 5.69)

Home

Less than 20

39(35.14)

72(64.86)

I

I

20–29

41(19.25)

172(80.75)

0.44 (0.26 0.73)

0.49(0.27 0.88)*

Greater than 30

3(37. 50)

5(62. 50)

1.10(0.25 4.88)

2.5(0.42 15.77)