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Table 2 Factors associated with dietary diversity practice of pregnant women in Jille Tumuga district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017

From: Dietary diversity practice and associated factors among pregnant women in North East Ethiopia

Variable

Dietary diversity

COR with 95% CI

AOR with 95% CI

Adequate

n=203 (31.4%)

Inadequate

Mothers educational status

 No education

119

323

1

1

 Read and write

27

33

2.22 (1.28, 3.85)

2.33 (1.28, 4.26)*

 Primary and above

57

88

1.75 (1.18, 2.60)

1.93 (1.24, 2.99)*

Husband education

 No education

126

255

1

1

 Read and write

29

65

0.90 (0.55, 1.46)

0.78 (0.46, 1.34)

 Primary and above

48

124

0.78 (0.52, 1.16)

0.70 (0.46, 1.09)

Wealth index

 Poor

61

154

1

1

 Medium

49

167

0.74 (0.47, 1.14)

0.73 (0.46, 1.15)

 Rich

93

123

1.90 (1.27, 2.89)

1.86 (1.22, 2.82)*

No of pregnancy

 < 3

113

250

1.46 (0.855, 2.505)

1.09 (0.57, 2.07)

 4–5

69

126

1.77 (1.002, 3.137)

1.49 (0.80, 2.80)

 > 6

21

68

1

1

ANC follow up

 Yes

8

42

1

1

 No

195

402

2.54 (1.17, 5.53)

1.66 (0.61, 4.46)

Nutrition information

 No

10

55

1

1

 Yes

193

389

2.73 (1.36, 5.47)

2.55 (1.06, 6.10)*

Nutritional status

 Undernourished

50

140

1

1

 Normal

153

304

1.40 (0.96, 2.05)

1.42 (0.94, 2.12)

Age of pregnant women

 17–19

8

26

1.3 (0.37, 4.54)

1.51 (0.47, 4.88)

 20–24

56

124

1.9 (0.68, 5.30)

1.88 (0.63, 5.59)

 25–34

134

273

2.06 (0.76, 5.60)

 

 > 35

5

21

1

1

PSNP beneficiary

 Yes

64

211

1

1

 No

139

233

1.96 (1.38, 2.79)

1.72 (1.17, 2.52)*

  1. *indicates variables which were statistically significant in multi-variable analysis