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Table 2 The relationship between food security and maternal knowledge and attitude in complementary feeding

From: Assessment of the knowledge and attitude of infants’ mothers from Bushehr (Iran) on food security using anthropometric indicators in 2016: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Knowledge

Attitude

Individual food security

Child hunger

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

Attitude

0.26

0.0001

Individual food security

0.05

0.25

0.05

0.29

Child hunger

0.03

0.49

−0.19

0.70

0.66

0.0001

Household food insecurity

0.11

0.02

0.05

0.29

0.50

0.0001

0.34

0.0001