Table 3 Average dietary zinc intake (mg/24 h) among children 6–35 months of age, Ethiopia
From: Dietary zinc intake and its determinants among Ethiopian children 6–35 months of age
Variables | N | Average Zn intake (mg/24 h) | SE(95% CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residence | Urban | 1757 | 1.51 | 1.00 [1.5, 1.51] | 0.126 |
Rural | 4831 | 1.65 | 1.00 [1.64, 1.65] | ||
SES | Poorest | 1315 | 1.48 | 1.00 [1.48, 1.48] | < 0.0001 |
Second | 1342 | 1.61 | 1.00 [1.61, 1.61] | ||
Middle | 1319 | 1.48 | 1.00 [1.48, 1.49] | ||
Fourth | 1343 | 1.64 | 1.00 [1.63, 1.64] | ||
Richest | 1269 | 1.68 | 1.00 [1.68, 1.69] | ||
Mother’s education | Illiterate | 4001 | 1.00 | 1.00 [1.00, 1.00] | < 0.0001 |
Can read and write | 168 | 1.00 | 1.00 [1.00, 1.00] | ||
Primary school, (G:1–4) | 698 | 1.56 | 1.00 [1.55, 1.56] | ||
Primary school (G:5–8) | 901 | 1.47 | 1.00 [1.46, 1.47] | ||
High school | 643 | 1.61 | 1.00 [1.61, 1.61] | ||
other | 177 | 1.58 | 1.00 [1.57, 1.58] | ||
Child Breast feeding | No | 2167 | 1.71 | 1.00 [1.71, 1.71] | < 0.0001 |
Yes | 4421 | 1.00 | 1.00 [1.00, 1.00] | ||
Child sex | Male | 3525 | 1.88 | 1.00 [1.88, 1.89] | 0.141 |
Female | 3063 | 1.32 | 1.00 [1.32,1.32] | ||