| Risk factors | Model I AOR 95 C.I | Model II AOR 95 C.I | Final model AOR 95 C.I |
| Marital status of the primary caretaker |
|
|
|
| Married | 1.0 |
| 1.0 |
| Divorced | 1.19 (0.73, 1.95) |
| 1.06 (0.59, 1.91) |
| Widowed | 2.19 (0.69, 6.95) |
| 3.81 (1.04, 13.8)* |
| Education of the primary caretaker (n = 1226) |
|
|
|
| Formal education | 1.0 |
| 1.0 |
| Read and write | 1.40 (0.98, 2.00) |
| 1.36 (0.81, 2.28) |
| Read only | 8.48 (4.08, 17.6)* |
| 5.90 (2.52, 13.8)* |
| No formal education | 3.60 (2.08, 6.30)* |
| 3.02 (1.56, 5.83)* |
| Occupation of the father (N = 1263) |
|
|
|
| Government employee | 1.0 |
| 1.0 |
| Merchant | 0.47 (0.32, 0.68)* |
| 0.26 (0.14, 0.47)* |
| Farmer | 0.47 (0.28, 0.80)* |
| 0.17 (0.83, 0.38)* |
| Livestock | 0.50 (0.32, 0.79)* |
| 0.44 (0.23, 0.84)* |
| Radio ownership |
|
|
|
| Own radio | 1.0 |
| 1.0 |
| Do not own radio | 0.45 (0.32, 0.63)* |
| 0.81 (0.52, 1.27) |
| Age of the child |
|
|
|
| <6 months | 1.0 |
| 1.0 |
| 6 - 11 months | 1.67 (1.15, 2.42)* |
| 1.36 (0.89, 2.08) |
| 12 - 59 months | 1.21 (0.83, 1.77) |
| 0.77 (0.50, 1.19) |
| Gender of the child |
|
|
|
| Male |
| 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Female |
| 1.11 (0.80, 1.52) | 1.25 (0.85, 1.84) |
| Birth order of the child |
|
|
|
| First |
| 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Second |
| 1.15 (0.73, 1.82) | 1.30 (0.78, 2.15) |
| Third |
| 1.45 (0.81, 2.62) | 1.82 (0.87, 3.79) |
| Fourth and above |
| 1.15 (0.73, 1.84) | 2.20 (1.22, 3.97)* |
| Maternal diarrhoea |
|
|
|
| Yes |
| 1.0 | 1.0 |
| No |
| 2.94 (1.49, 5.81)* | 2.79 (1.27, 6.15)* |
| Child breastfeeding |
|
|
|
| Yes |
| 1.0 | 1.0 |