Table 6 Predictor of low dietary diversity among internally displaced persons’ children of 6–59 months in Bamenda health District (n = 395)
Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | n | DDS < 4 (%) | Crude OR (95%CI) | p value | aOR (95%CI) | p value |
Religion | ||||||
Christain | 341 | 29.3 | 1 | |||
Muslim | 54 | 25.9 | 0.84(0.44;1.62) | 0.609 | ||
Level of education of the head of the household | ||||||
Illiterate | 141 | 36.2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Literate | 254 | 28.9 | 0.58(0.37–0.91) | 0.017 | 0.70(0.44–1.13) | 0.1437 |
Monthly income (FCFA) | ||||||
< 50,000 | 347 | 31.7 | 1 | 1 | ||
≥ 50,00 | 48 | 8.3 | 0.20(0.07–0.56) | 0.0023 | 0.23(0.08–0.68) | 0.0075 |
Received social grants | ||||||
No | 202 | 21.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Yes | 193 | 36.8 | 2.15(1.38–3.38) | 0.0008 | 2.20(1.39–3.49) | 0.0008 |
Household size | ||||||
≤ 5 persons | 146 | 29.5 | 1.05(0.67–1.64) | 0.8422 | ||
> 5 persons | 249 | 28.5 | 1 | |||
Time walked to fetch water | ||||||
< 10 minutes (low risk) | 168 | 17.9 | 1 | 1 | ||
≥ 10 minutes (high risk) | 225 | 37.0 | 2.70(1.68–4.36) | < 0.0001 | 2.43(1.48–3.98) | 0.0004 |
Frequency of forced displacement | ||||||
More one time | 222 | 32.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
one time | 173 | 24.9 | 0.70(0.45–1.10) | 0.1217 | 0.83(0.52–1.33) | 0.4381 |
Age group of the child | ||||||
6–24 months | 117 | 26.5 | 0.85(0.52–1.37) | 0.5012 | ||
25–60 months | 278 | 29.9 | 1 | |||
Sex of the child | ||||||
Female | 161 | 28.6 | 1 | |||
Male | 234 | 29.1 | 1.02(0.66–1.60) | 0.9162 | ||