Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable regression analysis on fathers’ involvement in child complementary feeding in Damot Woyde district in South Ethiopia, February 2019
Variables (n = 432) | Fathers’ involvement | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor involvement | Better involvement | |||
Religion | ||||
Protestant | 209(49.6%) | 212(50.4%) | 1 | 1 |
Orthodox | 55(42.6%) | 74(57.4%) | 1.33(.89, 1.97) | 1.27 (.84, 1.91) |
Others | 27 (62.8%) | 16(37.2%) | .58(.31, 1.12) | .58 (.29, 1.15) |
Ethnicity | ||||
Wolaita | 272(48.3%) | 291(51.7%) | 1 | 1 |
Others | 19(63.3%) | 11(36.7%) | .54(.25, 1.16) | .52(.23, 1.16) |
Education | ||||
No formal education | 132(46.0%) | 155(54.0%) | 1 | 1 |
Primary (1–8) | 94(53.1%) | 83(46.9%) | .75(.52, 1.09) | .74(.50, 1.10) |
Secondary and above | 65(50.4%) | 64(49.6%) | .84(.55, 1.27) | .65 (.42, 1.03) |
Income | ||||
< 500 | 169(52.9%) | 152(47.4%) | 1 | 1 |
≥ 500 | 122(44.9%) | 150(55.1%) | 1.37(.99, 1.89) | 1.56(1.09, 2.22)** |
Fathers’ knowledge of complementary feeding | ||||
Poor knowledge | 108(45.8%) | 128(54.2%) | 1 | 1 |
Better knowledge | 183(51.3%) | 174(48.7%) | 0.80(0.58, 1.11) | .75(.53, 1.05) |
Fathers’ perception of the involvement | ||||
Poor perception | 175(55.6%) | 140(44.4%) | 1 | 1 |
Better perception | 116(41.7%) | 162(58.3%) | 1.74(1.26,2.42) | 1.79(1.28, 2.52)** |