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Table 3 Factors associated with timely initiation of complementary feeding among mothers with children aged 6–23 months in Lalibela District, northeast Ethiopia, 2015

From: Determinants of timely initiation of complementary feeding among mothers with children aged 6–23 months in Lalibela District, Northeast Ethiopia, 2015

Variables

Timely initiation of complementary feeding

COR c(95 % CI)

AOR d(95 % CI)

 

Yes#

No#

  

Maternal age

 25–34

140

76

0.92(0.58,1.48)

 

  > 34

45

40

0.56 (0.32,0.99)

 

 15–24

80

40

1

 

Maternal marital status

 Currently married

228

123

1.65(0.99,2.78)

 

 Currently unmarried

37

33

1

 

Maternal education

 Illiterate

41

79

1

 

 Primary school

63

43

2.82(1.64,4.85)

3.39(1.52,7.54) b

 Secondary school and above

161

34

9.12(5.38,15.48)

4.33 (1.99, 9.40) b

Maternal occupation

 Employed

55

15

2.3 (1.25, 4.36)

 

 Others

56

43

0.83 (0.57, 1.32)

 

 Housewife

154

98

1

 

Wealth status

 Poor

71

68

1

 

 Medium

145

44

3.16 (1.97,5.07)

 

 Rich

49

44

1.07 (0.63,1.80)

 

Paternal education

 Illiterate

45

60

1

 

 Primary school

31

20

2.07(1.05, 4.09)

 

 Secondary school and above

152

43

4.71(2.82, 7.88)

 

Paternal occupation

 Employed

121

42

2.55(1.59, 4.11)

 

 Merchant

40

18

1.97(1.04, 3.74)

 

 Farmer

25

26

0.85(0.45, 1.61)

 

 Unemployed

79

70

1

 

Owning television

 Yes

141

45

2.81(1.84, 4.28)

 

 No

124

111

1

 

Antenatal care

 Yes

245

61

21.26(11.80,38.33)

5.9(2.45,14.21) b

 No

17

90

1

1

Place of delivery

 Yes

206

56

6.24 (4.01,9.72)

2.54(1.33,4.82) b

 No

56

95

1

1

Postnatal care

 Yes

80

25

2.22(1.34,3.67)

 

 No

182

126

1

 

Health extension visits a

 No visit

10

21

1

 

 1–2 times

85

69

2.59 (1.14,5.86)

 

 3–4 times

147

60

5.15 (2.29,11.57)

 

  ≥ 5 times

23

6

8.05 (2.49,25.99)

 
  1. a health extension visits were determined based on the number of visits made during the past 6 months preceding the date of survey
  2. b significant at a P-vale of <0.05
  3. c Crude Odds Ratio
  4. d Adjusted Odds Ratio