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Table 4 Factors associated with being positive deviants (control group) and negative deviants (treatment group) among schoolchildren

From: Identifying positive and negative deviants and factors associated with healthy dietary practices among young schoolchildren in Nepal: a mixed methods study

Explanatory variables

Control group n = 332

Treatment group n = 317

OR

95% CI

AOR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

AOR

95% CI

Child characteristics

 Schoolgirl (Ref. schoolboy)

1.24

0.53, 3.06

1.18

0.49, 2.95

0.86

0.51, 1.46

1.04

0.58, 1.87

 Child < 10 years old (Ref. Child > 10 years old)

0.86

0.30, 2.14

1.02

0.35, 2.75

1.17

0.67, 2.03

1.03

0.55, 1.92

 Knowledge of food and nutrition

0.91

0.60, 1.38

0.98

0.61, 1.56

1.01

0.77, 1.32

1.06

0.78, 1.43

 Agricultural knowledge

1.20

0.80, 1.75

1.15

0.76, 1.70

1.21

0.92, 1.58

1.24

0.93, 1.66

 Vegetable preference

0.94

0.62, 1.45

0.79

0.50, 1.26

0.87

0.66, 1.12

0.78

0.58, 1.04

 Snack choice

0.88

0.58,1.35

0.88

0.56, 1.36

0.84

0.65, 1.09

0.87

0.66, 1.15

 Frequency of eating

2.21

1.03, 5.77

2.25*

1.07,5.68

0.98

0.72, 1.37

1.02

0.73, 1.46

 Consuming diverse vegetables

1.03

0.61, 1.72

0.99

0.56, 1.73

0.58**

0.41, 0.81

0.56**

0.38, 0.81

Parent characteristics

 Age (years)

1.03

0.97, 1.08

1.03

0.97, 1.09

0.99

0.96, 1.03

1.01

0.97, 1.05

 Years of education

0.91

0.79, 1.02

1.09

0.92, 1.27

1.06

0.25, 1.06

1.03

0.94, 1.12

 Main occupation farming (Ref. Not farmer)

1.02

0.39, 3.17

1.31

0.43, 4.47

0.84

0.44, 1.69

0.54

0.25, 1.19

 Vegetable preference

0.76

0.48, 1.18

0.69

0.41, 1.12

0.88

0.67, 1.14

0.72*

0.53, 0.97

 Food and nutrition Knowledge

0.81

0.54, 1.22

0.74

0.48, 1.17

1.26

0.96, 1.67

1.35

0.99, 1.86

 Agricultural Knowledge

1.60*

1.07, 2.25

1.62*

1.11, 2.34

1.21

0.92, 1.58

1.11

0.83, 1.48

Household characteristics

 Family members < 6 (Ref. family member > 5)

0.74

0.31, 1.78

0.94

0.37, 2.48

0.81

0.48, 1.41

0.96

0.50, 1.85

 Household having grandmother (Ref. No grandmother)

1.30

0.45, 3.27

1.08

0.36, 2.97

1.77 *

1.00, 3.10

1.98*

1.03, 3.81

 Food practices

0.91

0.61, 1.40

1.28

0.79, 2.17

1.12

0.87, 1.47

1.08

0.79, 1.50

 Number of vegetables and fruits produced

0.80*

0.65, 0.98

0.84

0.64, 1.07

0.93

0.81, 1.06

0.89

0.76, 1.05

 Number of days vegetables bought per week

1.18

0.98, 1.40

1.13

0.90, 1.42

0.84

0.70, 0.99

0.71**

0.56, 0.88

 Dalits (= 1) (Ref. Brahaman/Chhetri)

2.83

0.53, 13.48

2.51

0.44, 13.59

0.49

0.11, 1.60

0.63

0.14, 2.19

 Adivasi / Janajatis (= 1) (Ref. Brahaman/Chhetri)

2.72

0.97,9.69

2.35

0.72, 9.29

1.11

0.63, 2.02

1.45

0.76, 2.83

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, AOR adjusted odds ratio; The base package (glm) of Rsoftware was used to perform simple logistic regression, and the Logistf package [35] was used for firth logistic regression; significance
  2. * < 0.05
  3. ** < 0.01