Table 5 Factors associated with minimum acceptable diet in India, 2015–16 National Family and Health Survey
Characteristics | North | South | East | West | Central | North Eastern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aOR [95% CI] | aOR [95% CI] | aOR [95% CI] | aOR [95% CI] | aOR [95% CI] | aOR [95% CI] | |
Type of Caste or tribe | ||||||
Scheduled Caste | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Scheduled tribe | 1.52(0.98,2.34) | 0.78(0.47,1.30) | 0.88(0.66,1.18) | 1.43(1.11,1.85) * | ||
Other backward class | 0.96(0.70,1.31) | 0.67(0.52,0.86) * | 0.76(0.61,0.93) * | 1.09(0.90,1.32) | ||
Others | 1.48(1.10,1.98)* | 0.71(0.46,1.11) | 1.11(0.85,1.45) | 1.10(0.87,1.38) | ||
Household Wealth Index | ||||||
Poorest | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Poorer | 1.27(0.75,2.15) | 1.29(0.71,2.32) | ||||
Middle | 1.52(0.91,2.52) | 1.75(0.99,3.09) | ||||
Richer | 1.68(0.98,2.85) | 1.50(0.84,2.68) | ||||
Richest | 1.81(1.05,3.10) * | 2.60(1.40,4.81) * | ||||
Mother’s religion | ||||||
Hindu | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Muslim | 2.00(1.58,2.52) * | 1.18(0.92,1.52) | 0.83(0.60,1.14) | |||
Christianity and others | 0.94(0.62,1.39) | 1.59(1.08,2.35) * | 1.95(1.58,2.42) * | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Currently married | 1.00 | |||||
Formerly married (divorced / separated /widowed) | 0.05(0.01,0.38) * | |||||
Mother’s education | ||||||
No education | 1.00 | |||||
Primary | 1.09(0.86,1.37) | |||||
Secondary and above | 1.29(1.08,1.56) * | |||||
Mother’s literacy | ||||||
No | 1.00 | |||||
Yes | 0.69(0.53,0.90) * | |||||
Mother’s age | ||||||
15–24 years | 1.00 | |||||
25–34 years | 2.24(1.07,4.66) * | |||||
35–49 years | 2.73(1.19,6.26) * | |||||
Power over earning | ||||||
Husband | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
woman | 0.89(0.68,1.17) | 1.06(0.79,1.42) | 1.09(0.82,1.44) | 1.22(0.69,2.13) | 1.16(0.92,1.45) | 1.09(0.82,1.46) |
Power over household purchases | ||||||
Husband | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
woman | 0.98(0.76,1.26) | 1.17(0.89,1.54) | 1.06(0.82,1.36) | 1.04(0.62,1.73) | 1.05(0.86,1.30) | 1.11(0.84,1.47) |
Sex of baby | ||||||
Male | 1 | |||||
Female | 0.86(0.74,0.99) * | |||||
Birth order | ||||||
First-born | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
2nd-4th | 1.27(1.03,1.56) * | 1.41(1.17,1.69) * | 1.24(1.05,1.46) * | 1.41(1.14,1.74) * | ||
5 or more | 1.09(0.65,1.82) | 1.20(0.87,1.66) | 1.21(0.90,1.63) | 1.19(0.85,1.65) | ||
Perceived Size of baby | ||||||
Small | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Average | 0.50(0.26,0.96) * | 1.26(1.00,1.60) * | ||||
Large | 0.54(0.26,1.10) | 1.29(0.96,1.72) | ||||
Type of delivery assistance | ||||||
Health professional | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
Traditional birth attendants | 1.26(1.00,1.58) * | 1.07(0.84,1.37) | ||||
Other untrained | 1.24(0.99,1.54) | 1.30(1.09,1.56) * | ||||
Place of delivery | ||||||
Home | 1.00 | |||||
Health facility | 2.77(1.18,6.50) * | |||||
Antenatal clinic visits | ||||||
None | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
1–3 | 0.79(0.64,0.99) * | 1.04(0.84,1.29) | ||||
4+ | 1.63(1.31,2.04) * | 1.57(1.25,1.98) * | ||||
Listens to radio | ||||||
Not at all | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
Yes | 1.39(1.07,1.79) * | 0.45(0.25,0.82) * | 1.45(1.19,1.77) * | |||
Watches television | ||||||
Not at all | 1.00 | |||||
Yes | 1.58(1.31,1.90) * | |||||
Reads newspaper or magazine | ||||||
Not at all | 1.00 | |||||
Yes | 1.40(1.14,1.71) * | |||||