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Table 3 Complementary feeding practices and associated factors in Damot Weydie district, Welayta zone, SNNPRS, 2014

From: Complementary feeding practices and associated factors in Damot Weydie District, Welayta zone, South Ethiopia

Characteristics

Complementary Feeding Practices

Appropriate

Inappropriate

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Mother’s occupation

House wife

7.5

92.5

1

1

Government employee

33.3

66.7

0.16(0.05, 0.52)

0.14(0.04, 0.50) ++

Othersa

7.6

92.4

0.97(0.43, 2.21)

0.72(0.31, 1.70)

Preceding Birth interval

< 35 months

6.8

93.2

2.29(1.09, 4.78)

2.67(1.22, 5.83) +

35+ months

14.3

85.7

1

1

Attending PNC

Yes

10.4)

89.6

0.25(0.07, 0.85)

0.19(0.05, 0.70) +

No

2.9

97.1

1

1

Sex of the child

Male

10.1

89.9

0.63(0.30, 1.30)

0.50(0.23, 1.07)

Female

6.7

93.3

1

1

  1. aFarmer, Student, Private Business; ++Significant at P < 0.01, +Significant at P < 0.05
  2. COR Crude odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval