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Table 6 Association between attitude towards maternal nutrition and dietary diversity practices of pregnant mothers in central Arsi, rural Ethiopia

From: Pregnant mothers have limited knowledge and poor dietary diversity practices, but favorable attitude towards nutritional recommendations in rural Ethiopia: evidence from community-based study

Attitude component

Dietary Diversity

P-value

Non-diversified number (%)

Diversified number (%)

Dietary diversity

• Favorable

33 (25.6)

45 (25)

0.36

• Unfavorable

93 (72.1)

135 (75)

 

Nutritive value of foods

• Favorable

44 (33.8)

83 (45.9)

0.02*

• Unfavorable

86 (66.2)

98 (54.1)

 

Nutrition during pregnancy

• Favorable

57 (43.8)

93 (51.4)

0.11

• Unfavorable

73 (56.2)

88 (48.6)

 
  1. *p < 0.05
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