Table 2 Factors associated with minimum dietary diversity at Wacha primary Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 263)

Age of women

< 25

65

72

2.460 (1.047,5.789)

4.65 (1.404,15.396)*

25–34

45

52

2.57 (1.063,6.204)

3.62 (1.315,10.269)*

> 34

20

9

1

1

Age of husband

19–25

29

16

1

1

26–34

60

74

2.24 (1.111,4.497)

2.24 (1.028,4.873)*

35–44

41

43

1.90 (0.902,4.006)

3.55 (1.228,10.292)*

Occupation of women

Housewives

63

77

1

1

Employee

32

20

0.510 (0.267,0.980)*

0.61 (0.268,1.383)

Merchant

17

17

0.39 (0.386,1.732)

0.90 (0.408,2.135)

Daily laborer

18

19

0.864 (0.418,1.732)

1.310 (0.555,3.091)

House hold head

Husband

89

104

2.12 (1.081,4.151)*

1.049 (0.406,2.706)

Wife

12

13

1.964 (0.727,5.386)

0.598 (0.261,1.371)

Both

29

16

1

1

Nutrition awareness

Yes

70

88

1.676 (1.019,2.758)

2.182 (1.243,3.829)*

No

60

45

1

1