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Table 3 Determinants of minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet in Tanzania, 2004–2016

From: Trends and determinants of complementary feeding practices in Tanzania, 2004–2016

 

Minimum meal frequency (n = 7705)

Minimum acceptable diet (n = 7705)

%*

COR (95% CI)

P value

AOR* (95% CI)

P value

%*

COR (95% CI)

P value

AOR (95% CI)

P value

Socioeconomic

 Mother’s employment

  Not working

37.1

1.00

 

1.00

 

8.3

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Working

38.8

1.11 (0.98–1.25)

0.098

1.31 (1.10–1.56)

0.002

10.5

1.33 (1.09–1.64)

0.005

1.48 (1.14–1.93)

< 0.001

 Mother’s education

  No schooling

36.8

1.00

 

1.001.00

 

7.9

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Primary education

38.7

1.13 (1.00–1.27)

0.036

1.05 (0.90–1.23)

0.518

10.5

1.45 (1.18–1.78)

< 0.001

1.19 (0.92–1.53)

0.168

  Secondary and higher

41.6

1.49 (1.27–1.76)

< 0.001

1.44 (1.11–1.87)

0.006

16.2

3.26 (2.53–4.20)

< 0.001

1.74 (1.19–2.55)

0.004

 Father’s education

  No schooling

35.1

1.00

 

1.00

 

7.4

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Primary education

36.5

1.06 (0.92–1.22)

0.361

1.00 (0.84–1.20)

0.932

9.4

1.32 (1.04–1.67)

0.022

0.91 (0.69–1.21)

0.541

  Secondary and higher

40.8

1.38 (1.16–1.65)

< 0.001

1.01 (0.78–1.31)

0.899

15.8

2.63 (1.99–3.48)

< 0.001

1.00 (0.69–1.46)

0.966

 Household wealth

  Poor

35.0

1.00

 

1.00

 

6.9

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Middle

37.2

1.08 (0.97–1.20)

0.126

1.11 (0.96–1.29)

0.148

9.8

1.54 (1.29–1.85)

< 0.001

1.26 (1.00–1.58)

0.045

  Rich

41.2

1.39 (1.21–1.61)

< 0.001

1.33 (1.02–1.73)

0.032

17.5

3.27 (2.65–4.03)

< 0.001

2.52 (1.77–3.59)

< 0.001

Health service

 Place of delivery

  Home

35.0

1.00

 

1.00

 

7.2

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Health facility

38.3

1.27 (1.15–1.40)

< 0.001

1.00 (0.75–1.33)

0.966

11.7

2.02 (1.72–2.38)

< 0.001

1.64 (1.04–2.58)

0.030

 Postnatal visits

  None

40.0

1.00

 

1.00

 

9.6

1.00

 

1.00

 

  0–2 days

32.4

1.30 (1.14–1.49)

< 0.001

1.33 (1.13–1.57)

0.001

11.7

1.45 (1.17–1.79)

< 0.001

1.43 (1.11–1.84)

0.005

  3–42 days

35.0

1.11 (0.92–1.32)

0.247

1.38 (1.02–1.87)

0.033

6.7

1.23 (0.90–1.70)

0.189

1.47 (0.09–2.41)

0.122

 Antenatal visits

  None

31.3

1.00

 

1.00

 

6.3

1.00

 

1.00

 

  1–3

35.0

1.12 (0.80–1.55)

0.499

1.37 (0.91–2.07)

0.129

8.1

1.68 (0.86–3.27)

0.125

1.41 (0.66–3.00)

0.371

  4+

38.8

1.34 (0.96–1.86)

0.077

1.47 (0.97–2.22)

0.066

11.3

2.34 (1.20–4.51)

0.012

1.70 (0.86–3.61)

0.162

 Delivery assistance

  Health professional

36.4

1.00

 

1.00

 

14.5

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Traditional birth attendance

40.4

0.67 (0.56–0.81)

< 0.001

0.84(0.63–1.17)

0.306

8.4

0.51 (0.38–0.69)

< 0.001

1.12 (0.68–1.85)

0.646

  Other untrained personnel

36.4

0.79 (0.70–0.89)

< 0.001

0.96 (0.72–1.27)

0.779

8.0

0.59 (0.44–0.65)

< 0.001

1.15 (0.75–1.76)

0.499

  1. %* is the proportion of weighted cases by the study factors. COR crude odds ratio; AOR adjusted odds ratio: adjusted for maternal marital status, sex of the baby sex and gender, birth order and interval, geographical region, place of residence and maternal age. In the models of socioeconomic factors, an additional adjustment was made for health service factors as confounders of the association between socioeconomic factors and complementary feeding indicators. A similar strategy was used in models of health service factors, where additional adjustment for socioeconomic factors was performed