Table 2 Associations of child dietary diversity scores and food insecurity condition with socio-demographic features of the respondents in north-central Ethiopia May 2018
Variables | Child dietary diversity score (CDDS) | Food security status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor (0–3) | Medium (4–5) | Good (6–7) | p value | Food secure | Food insecure | p value | ||
Sex of household head | Male | 23 (6.48) | 112 (31.54) | 220 (61.97) | 0.0001 | 273 (77.12) | 81 (22.9) | 0.0001 |
Female | 33 (22) | 62 (41.33) | 55 (36.67) | 64 (42.67) | 86 (57.33) | |||
Food security situation | Food secure | 10 (3%) | 93 (27.6%) | 234 (69.4%) | 0.0001 | Â | Â | Â |
Food insecure | 46 (27.5%) | 81 (48.5%) | 40 (24%) | Â | Â | |||
Sex of child | Male | 20 (8.9%) | 69 (30.8%) | 136 (61.3%) | 0.253 | 164 (74.2%) | 58 (25.8%) | 0.002 |
Female | 36 (12.9%) | 105 (37.6%) | 139 (50.5%) | 170 (60.9%) | 109 (39.1%) | |||
Mothers’ education | Formal | 37 (7.5%) | 150 (34.2%) | 256 (58.3%) | 0.0001 | 255 (78%) | 72 (22%) | 0.0001 |
Informal | 4 (14.3%) | 15 (53.6%) | 9 (32.1%) | 9 (60%) | 6 (40%) | |||
Non-educated | 19 (50%) | 9 (23.7%) | 10 (26.3%) | 9 (75%) | 3 (25%) | |||
Marital status | Divorced | 9 (31%) | 10 (34.5%) | 10 (34.5%) | 0.0001 | 2 (20%) | 8 (80%) | 0.0001 |
Married | 40 (8.7%) | 158 (34.4%) | 261 (56.9%) | 320 (69.9%) | 138 (30.1%) | |||
Unmarried | 2 (28.6%) | 3 (42.9%) | 2 (28.6%) | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (28.6%) | |||
Widowed | 5 (50%) | 3 (30%) | 2 (20%) | 10 (34.5%) | 19 (65.5%) | |||
Wealth index | Poor | 9 (5.2%) | 57 (33.1%) | 106 (61.6%) | 0.0001 | 73 (36.3%) | 128 (63.6%) | 0.0001 |
Medium | 3 (1.6%) | 51 (26.8%) | 136 (71.6%) | 85 (79.4%) | 22 (20.6%) | |||
Rich | 44 (31.2%) | 66 (46.8%) | 31 (22%) | Â | 177 (91.2%) | 17 (8.8%) | ||