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Table 5 Determinants of appropriate complementary feeding practices

From: Magnitude and factors associated with appropriate complementary feeding among children 6–23 months in Northern Ghana

Variable

Wald

Sig.)

 

95 % confidence Interval (CI)

 
   

Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)

Lower

Upper  

Free from diarrhoea in the past two weeks

6.78

0.009

1.83

1.16

2.90

Height of the child

10.11

0.001

1.07

1.03

1.12

Deviance (reference: positive deviants)

4.88

0.09

   

Median growers

0.07

0.79

1.071

.649

1.768

 Negative deviants

4.87

0.03

2.74

1.12

6.71

 Age group (9–23 months)

6.59

0.01

14.09

1.87

106.30

Constant

30.39

<0.001

.000