Table 2 Associations between selected factors and complementary feeding
Variables | Complementary feeding (CF) | P values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No n (%) | Inadequate CF n (%) | Adequate CF n (%) | ||
Children age (months) | ||||
6–11 | 41 (4.8 %) | 791 (92.7 %) | 21 (2.5 %) | <0.001 |
12–17 | 8 (1.0 %) | 753 (94.1 %) | 39 (4.9 %) | |
18–23 | 19 (2.6 %) | 656 (91.1 %) | 45 (6.2 %) | |
Sex of child | ||||
Male | 36 (3.0 %) | 1109 (92.5 %) | 54 (4.5 %) | 0.903 |
Female | 32 (2.7 %) | 1091 (92.9 %) | 51 (4.3 %) | |
Mother’s education | ||||
Illiterate | 11 (2.9 %) | 362 (95.3 %) | 7 (1.8 %) | 0.028 |
Literate | 57 (2.9 %) | 1838 (92.2 %) | 98 (4.9 %) | |
Father’s education | ||||
Illiterate | 19 (3.1 %) | 580 (95.9 %) | 6 (1.0 %) | <0.001 |
Literate | 49 (2.8 %) | 1620 (91.6 %) | 99 (5.6 %) | |
Father’s employment status | ||||
Currently unemployed | 3 (5.7 %) | 48 (90.6 %) | 2 (3.8 %) | <0.001 |
Labours | 45 (2.7 %) | 1568 (94.2 %) | 52 (3.1 %) | |
Service holders | 17 (3.3 %) | 457 (89.8 %) | 35 (6.9 %) | |
Businessmen | 3 (2.1 %) | 127 (87.0 %) | 16 (11.0 %) | |
Socioeconomic status | ||||
Poor | 15 (3.0 %) | 474 (95.4 %) | 8 (1.6 %) | <0.001 |
Middle | 17 (3.7 %) | 433 (95.0 %) | 6 (1.3 %) | |
Rich | 36 (2.5 %) | 1293 (91.1 %) | 91 (6.4 %) | |
Watch Television | ||||
No | 31 (3.3 %) | 880 (94.6 %) | 19 (2.0 %) | <0.001 |
Yes | 37 (2.6 %) | 1320 (91.5 %) | 86 (6.0 %) | |
Listen radio | ||||
No | 61 (2.8 %) | 2013 (92.9 %) | 94 (4.3 %) | 0.691 |
Yes | 7 (3.4 %) | 187 (91.2 %) | 11 (5.4 %) | |
Read newspapers/magazine w | ||||
No | 59 (3.0 %) | 1850 (94.0 %) | 60 (3.0 %) | <0.001 |
Yes | 9 (2.2 %) | 350 (86.6 %) | 45 (11.1 %) | |
Food insecurity | ||||
No | 45 (2.9 %) | 1421 (91.7 %) | 84 (5.4 %) | 0.005 |
Yes | 23 (2.8 %) | 779 (94.7 %) | 21 (2.6 %) | |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 14 (1.9 %) | 660 (90.5 %) | 55 (7.5 %) | <0.001 |
Rural | 54 (3.3 %) | 1540 (93.7 %) | 50 (3.0 %) | |
Region of residence | ||||
Southern | 4 (1.5 %) | 252 (94.7 %) | 10 (3.8 %) | 0.398 |
Southeastern | 22 (4.4 %) | 451 (90.4 %) | 26 (5.2 %) | |
Central | 7 (1.9 %) | 354 (93.7 %) | 17 (4.5 %) | |
Western | 6 (2.2 %) | 248 (92.2 %) | 15 (5.6 %) | |
Mid-western | 8 (2.6 %) | 285 (92.5 %) | 15 (4.9 %) | |
Northwestern | 9 (3.0 %) | 278 (93.0 %) | 12 (4.0 %) | |
Eastern | 12 (3.4 %) | 332 (93.8 %) | 10 (2.8 %) | |
Total | 68 (2.9 %) | 2200 (92.7 %) | 105 (4.4 %) | |