Table 3 Predictors of adequate diet diversity (DDS ≥ 4) among children 6-23 months ¹

Age category, (ref., 6 - 8 mo)

9 - 11 mo

2.57^*

1.47, 4.49

3.99^*

1.81, 8.77

2.25^*

1.40, 3.62

2.61^*

1.87, 3.65

12 - 17 mo

2.65^*

1.67, 4.19

2.74^*

1.31, 5.73

2.64^*

1.75, 3.98

2.75^*

2.07, 3.63

18 - 24 mo

4.00^*

2.24, 7.15

3.45^*

1.63, 7.30

3.19^*

2.06, 4.94

3.61^*

2.63, 4.96

Birth order

0.95

0.87, 1.02

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_

0.99

0.94, 1.04

0.99

0.95, 1.02

Breast-feeding, (ref., no)

0.95

0.66, 1.38

0.38^*

0.22, 0.65

0.92

0.66, 1.38

0.85

0.67, 1.07

Cough, (ref., no)

_

_

_

_

1.26

0.98, 1.62

_

_

Education (ref., preschool/none)

Primary school

1.59

0.84, 3.00

1.59

0.76, 3.31

1.08

0.77, 1.52

1.22

0.92, 1.62

At least secondary school

1.81

0.90, 3.66

2.10

0.87, 5.08

1.33

0.77, 2.30

1.54^*

1.10, 2.18

Working mother (ref., no)

1.47^*

1.03, 2.12

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_

_

_

_

_

Wealth Index (ref., first quintile)

Second quintile

1.72^*

1.07, 2.75

0.64

0.32, 1.25

1.34

0.94, 1.91

1.37^*

1.06, 1.76

Third quintile

1.64

0.98, 2.75

1.13

0.62, 2.05

2.02^*

1.40, 2.91

1.81^*

1.38, 2.37

Fourth quintile

2.43^*

1.46, 4.01

1.44

0.72, 2.89

2.47^*

1.61, 3.78

2.38^*

1.78, 3.18

Fifth quintile

1.89^*

1.05, 3.42

3.05^*

1.37, 6.83

4.24^*

2.58, 6.95

3.27^*

2.28, 4.67

Household size (mean)^†

0.98

0.92, 1.04

_

_

_

_

0.99

0.95, 1.03

Rural residence (ref., urban)

0.57

0.31, 1.04

1.04

0.51, 2.11

1.10

0.77, 1.56

0.88

0.65, 1.19

At least 4 PNC visits (ref., no)

2.05^*

1.48, 2.85

_

_

1.06

0.85, 1.31

1.25^*

1.05, 1.50

Immunized (ref., no)

0.96

0.69, 1.32

1.21

0.79, 1.85

0.98

0.78, 1.23

1.01

0.85, 1.20

Received vitamin A (ref., no)

_

_

_

_

1.43^*

1.11, 1.84

1.12

0.92, 1.35

Modern contraceptives (ref., no)

1.31

0.92, 1.86

_

_

1.40^*

1.10, 1.79

1.35^*

1.12, 1.62

Min. feeding frequency (ref., no)

2.54^*

1.80, 3.58

3.13^*

2.06, 4.77

1.51^*

1.21, 1.89

1.98^*

1.67, 2.34