Magnitude and Its Predictors of Minimum Dietary Diversity Feeding Practice Among Mothers Having Children Aged 6–23 Months in Goba Town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Mothers Having Children Aged 6–23 Months Who Participated in The Study in Goba Town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018 (N=503)

Character	Frequency	Percentage
Age of mother/caregiver in years
≤24	79	15.7%
25–29	118	23.5%
30–34	139	27.6%
≥35	167	33.2%
Mean age	32
Total	503	100%
Educational status of mother/ caregiver
No education	146	29%
Primary	102	20.3%
Secondary	86	17.1%
Tertiary	169	33.6%
Total	503	100%
Mother occupation
Government employee	272	54.1%
Merchant	127	25.2%
Housewife	63	12.5%
Daily laborer	41	8.2%
Total	503	100%
Husband occupation
Government employee	160	31.8%
Farmer	99	19.7%
Merchant	129	25.6%
Daily laborer	115	22.9%
Total	503	100%
Family income in Ethiopian birr
≤999	37	7.4%
1000–1999	42	8.3%
2000–2999	66	13.1%
3000–3999	62	12.3%
≥4000	296	58.8%
Total	100	100%
Ethnicity
Oromo	347	69%
Amhara	137	27.2%
Others	19	3.8%
Total	503	100%
Family size
1–3	257	51.1%
4–6	288	41.4%
≥7	38	7.6%
Total	503	100%

Table 2 Maternal Obstetric-Related Characteristics of Mothers Having Children 6–23 Months on Minimum Dietary Diversity Feeding Practices, Goba Town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018 (N=503)

Character	Frequency	Percentage
Attend antenatal care
Yes	282	56.1%
No	221	43.8%
Place of delivery
Home	65	12.9%
Health center	156	31%
Hospital	282	56.1%
Total	503	100%
Attend postnatal care
Yes	288	57.3%
No	215	42.7%
Total	503	100%
Own a television
Yes	466	92.5%
No	37	7.4%
Total	503	100%
Own a radio
Yes	460	91.55
No	43	8.5%
Total	503	100%

Table 3 Feeding Practice of Mothers Having Children Aged 6–23 Months Who Participated in the Study of Minimum Dietary Diversity Feeding Practice in Goba Town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018 (N=503)

Character	Frequency	Percentage
Sex of child
Male	264	52.5%
Female	239	47.5%
Total	503	100%
Age of child in months
6–11	255	50.7%
12–17	162	32.2%
18–23	86	17.1%
Total	503	100%
Still breast feeding your child
Yes	416	82.7%
No	87	17.3%
Total	503	100%
Age at which the child stopped breast feeding
<6	17	3.4%
6–12 months	27	5.4%
>12 months	43	8.5%
Total	87	17.3%
Age at which complimentary feeding started
Less than six months	17	3.4%
Between 6–8 months	426	84.7%
Greater than 8 months	68	11.9%
Total	503	100%
Number of times you feed per day
Once only	0	0
2–3 times	121	24%
3–4 times	293	58.3%
4 and above times	89	17.7%
Dietary assessment using 24h recall
Grains, roots and tubers	354	70.4%
Legumes and nuts	335	66.6%
Dairy products	175	34.8%
Flesh foods	104	20.4%
Eggs	89	17.7%
Vitamin A fruits and vegetables	267	53.1%
Other fruits and vegetables	271	53.9%
Minimum dietary diversity	200	39.8%

Table 4 Factors Associated with Minimum Dietary Diversity Feeding Practice Among Mothers Having Children Aged 6–23 Months in Goba Town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2018 (N=503)

Variables	Minimum Dietary Diversity
	Yes	No	COR(95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
Father occupation
Government employee	73(36.5%)	87(28.7%)	1.77(1.07,2.91)^*	1.49(0.88,2.53)
Farmer	34(17%)	65(21.5%)	1.10(0.62,1.95)	1.06(0.58,1.92)
Merchant	56(28%)	73(24.1%)	1.62(0.96,2.73)	1.46(0.84,2.52)
Daily laborer	37(18.5%)	78(25.7%)	1	1
Mother occupation
Government employee	120(60%)	152(50.2%)	2.45(1.15,5.19)^*	1.56(0.68,3.61)
Merchant	46(23%)	81(26.7%)	1.76(0.79,3.92)	1.25(0.52,3.01)
Housewife	24(12%)	39(12.9%)	1.91(0.79,4.58)	1.22(0.47,3.12)
Daily laborer	10(5%)	31(10.2%)	1	1
Antenatal care follow-up
Yes	124(62%)	158(52.15%)	1.49(1.04,2.15)^*	1.15(0.77,1.71)
No	76(38%)	145(47.85%)	1	1
Postnatal care follow-up
Yes	136(81.9%)	152(48.6%)	2.11(1.45, 3.07)^**	1.9(1.3, 2.8)^**
No	64(18.1%)	151(51.3%)	1	1
Attend growth-monitoring
Yes	142(89.7%)	176(55.3%)	1.77(1.21, 2.59)^**	1.5(1.001, 2.22)^*
No	58(10.3%)	127(44.7%)	1	1
Own a radio
Yes	189(94.5%)	271(89.4%)	2.03(0.99, 4.13)	0.29(0.05, 1.65)
No	11(5.5%)	32(10.6%)	1	1
Own a television
Yes	193(96.5%)	273(90.1%)	3.03(1.30, 7.04)^*	1.94(0.80, 4.69)
No	7(3.5%)	30(9.9%)	1	1

Notes:

* p-value less than 0.05;

** p-value less than 0.01.