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Table 2 Results of bivariate proportional odds regression for predictors of Infant and Young Child Feeding practices, Ethiopia, n = 3240

From: Infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia: analysis of socioeconomic disparities based on nationally representative data

    95% C.I. for OR  
Characteristics N (%) OR Lower Upper p-values
Sex of the child
 Male RC 1556 (48.0)     
 Female 1684 (52.0) 0.920 0.760 1.115 0.397
Age of the child in months 14 (8) a 0.917 0.907 0.927 0.000
Education of mother
 No education RC 1981 (61.1)     
 Primary level 983 (30.3) 1.798 1.435 2.253 0.000
 Secondary and above 276 (8.5) 4.241 3.290 5.465 0.000
Education of father
 No education RC 1547 (47.7)     
 Primary 1260 (38.9) 1.911 1.510 2.417 0.000
 Secondary and higher 433 (13.4) 3.698 2.900 4.716 0.000
Presence of other under-5 children
 No RC 1301 (40.1)     
 Yes 1940 (59.9) 0.670 0.553 0.813 0.000
Mother’s Work status
 Working RC 870 (26.8)     
 Not working 2371 (73.2) 0.539 0.441 0.659 0.000
Children ever born
 0–3 RC 1621 (50.0)     
 4–6 997 (30.8) 0.683 0.547 0.854 0.001
 7 and above 622 (19.2) 0.560 0.418 0.751 0.000
Access to radio
 Yes RC 919 (28.3)     
 No 2322 (71.7) 0.386 0.316 0.472 0.000
Religion
 Orthodox RC 1129 (34.8)     
 Muslim 1315 (40.6) 0.740 0.597 0.917 0.006
 Others 797 (24.6) 0.688 0.522 0.908 0.008
Type of family structure
 Monogamy RC 2756 (85.1)     
 Polygamy 319 (9.8) 0.821 0.604 1.117 0.209
Health service utilization score 1 (3) a 1.369 1.281 1.463 0.000
Wealth index
 Poor/ poorer RC 1432 (44.2)     
 Medium 705 (21.7) 2.206 1.637 2.972 0.000
 Rich/ richer 1104 (34.1) 3.854 3.086 4.814 0.000
Place of residence
 Urban RC 395 (12.2)     
 Rural 2845 (87.8) 0.288 0.235 0.354 0.000
  1. IYCF index values before categorization: mean = 2.36; SD = 1.19; median = 2; minimum = 0; maximum = 6; IYCF score after categorization: Poor: 783 (24.2%); medium: 1967(60.7%); high: 490(15.1%)
  2. aMedian and IQR values; RC = Reference category