Dietary intake and socio-economic predictors of inadequate energy and nutrient intake among women of childbearing age in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda

Muggaga, Christopher; Okello-Uma, Ipolto; Kaaya, Archileo Natigo; Taylor, David; Ongeng, Duncan; Basil, Mugonola

doi:10.1186/s41043-023-00351-z

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 7 Linear regression analysis of socio-demographic predictors of inadequate intake of energy and nutrients among WCBA segregated by season

From: Dietary intake and socio-economic predictors of inadequate energy and nutrient intake among women of childbearing age in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda

Socio-demographic predictors	Season	Inadequacy of energy and nutrient intake¹
Socio-demographic predictors	Season	Energy	Proteins	Calcium	Iron	Zinc	Folate (dfe)	Vitamin A (rae)
Pregnancy (X₁)	A	− 0.059	0.036	0.004	0.029	0.033	0.027	− 0.021
Pregnancy (X₁)	B	− 0.008	− 0.008	− 0.008	− 0.007	0.018	0.012	− 0.055
Lactating//breastfeeding (X₂)	A	0.152*	− 0.003	0.007	0.022	0.001	− 0.007	0.036
Lactating//breastfeeding (X₂)	B	0.016	0.015	0.019	− 0.007	0.005	0.015	− 0.054
Age (X₃)	A	− 0.011	− 0.040	− 0.099*	− 0.040	− 0.045	− 0.024	− 0.126*
Age (X₃)	B	0.043	− 0.022	0.024	0.001	− 0.049	0.090*	− 0.007
Polygamous (X₄)	A	0.024	0.036	0.026	0.036	0.036	0.037	0.013
Polygamous (X₄)	B	0.057	0.096	0.018	0.063	0.073	0.067	0.055
Marital status (married) (X₅)	A	− 0.006	0.006	0.017	− 0.009	0.009	− 0.008	0.127*
Marital status (married) (X₅)	B	− 0.033	− 0.009	0.018	− 0.070	0.039	− 0.063	0.041
Occupation of household head (X₆)	A	− 0.049	− 0.057	− 0.111*	− 0.028	− 0.059	− 0.055	− 0.151*
Occupation of household head (X₆)	B	− 0.019	− 0.037	− 0.062	− 0.034	− 0.086	0.034	− 0.070
Occupation of the spouse (woman) (X₇)	A	− 0.014	0.040	0.100*	0.015	0.045	0.044	0.135*
Occupation of the spouse (woman) (X₇)	B	− 0.019	0.017	0.199*	− 0.016	0.126*	− 0.089	− 0.087
Education level of household head (X₈)	A	− 0.042	0.043	− 0.066	0.071	0.035	0.063	− 0.229*
Education level of household head (X₈)	B	− 0.043	0.002	− 0.002	0.069	− 0.078	0.109	0.063
Education level of spouse (woman) (X₉)	A	− 0.038	0.005	0.002	0.007	0.006	0.012	− 0.082*
Education level of spouse (woman) (X₉)	B	− 0.052	0.019	− 0.065	0.091	0.026	0.050	− 0.114*
Number of women married (X₁₀)	A	− 0.028	0.005	0.056	− 0.002	0.007	− 0.009	0.132*
Number of women married (X₁₀)	B	0.057	0.080	0.049	0.001	0.078	0.044	− 0.021

A and B denote harvesting and planting seasons, respectively; *The demographic factor is a predictor at 5% significance level. ¹Regression coeffiients (β) of inadequate intake are presented for energt and nutrients (proteins, calcium, iron, zinc, folate and vitamin A)

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