Table 5 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression of factors associated with a minimum acceptable diet among children aged 6–23 months in Jig-Jiga town, Eastern Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 536)

Occupation of the father

 Unemployed

 Government employed

 Merchant

46

142

65

37

155

91

1.74(0.336–0.983)

1.28 (0.527–1.153)

1

1.604(0.280–1.303

0.506(0.305–0.840)*

1

Head of the household

 Husband

 Wife

195

58

239

44

0.62 (1.046–2.496

1

0.712(0.371–1.366)

1

Age of the child

 6–11

 12–17

 18–23

86

79

88

167

80

36

1

4.75(2.976–7.572)

1.92(1.506–4.069)

1

3.654(1.712–7.796)*

2.150(1.118–4.137)*

Under five children

 1

 2 and above

215

38

206

77

2.11(1.372–3.261)

1

2.123(1.298–3.471)*

1

Age of mothers

 15–24

 25–34

 35–44

 >=45

59

195

80

15

40

98

45

4

0.39(3.047–32.815)

0.53(1.403–13.35)

0.47(0.784–7.971)

1

7.68(1.547–38.146)*

5.56(1.174–26.325)*

3.493(0.744–16.397)

1

ANC visited

 Yes

 No

234

19

272

11

0.50(0.936–4.305)

1

0.703(0.228–2.174)1

Place of delivery

 Home

 Health facility

18

215

10

251

1

2.101(0.950–4.650)

1

0.957(0.452–2.024)

Source of information on MAD

 Health Extension

 Media

 Neighbors

116

24

33

150

18

50

1.17(1.059–2.392)

2.02(0.461–1.846)

1

0.562(0.303–1.042)

0.163(0.061–0.433)*

1