Table 4 Association of nutritional taboo with socio-demographic and obstetrical factors among women who had at least one history of childbirth in selected Zones of the Amhara region, North West Ethiopia, 2020
Variables | Food taboo | P-value | COR(95%:CI) | P-value | AOR(95%:CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||||
Residence | ||||||
 Urban | 285 | 14 |  | 1 |  | 1 |
 Rural | 398 | 148 | 0.0001 | 7.57(4.29:13.37) | 0.004 | 2.93(1.41: 6.06)* |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Amhara | 607 | 102 | 1 |  |  | 1 |
 Agew | 76 | 60 | 0.0001 | 4.70(3.16: 6.99) | 0.002 | 2.20(1.32: 3.67)* |
Pregnancy complications | ||||||
 No | 501 | 92 | 0.0001 | 2.09(1.47: 2.99) | 0.040 | 1.61(1.02: 2.53)* |
 Yes | 182 | 70 |  | 1 |  |  |
Decision maker | ||||||
 Myself | 486 | 96 |  | 1 |  | 1 |
 My husband | 169 | 57 | 0.005 | 1.71(1.18: 2.48) | 0.419 | 1.20(0.77: 1.88) |
 My husband’s mother | 28 | 9 | 0.223 | 1.63(0.74: 3.56) | 0.211 | 1.98(0.68: 5.74) |
Gravidity | ||||||
 Gravida = 1 | 148 | 7 |  | 1 |  | 1 |
 Gravida 2—5 | 433 | 89 | 0.0001 | 4.35(1.97: 9.59) | 0.079 | 2.16(0.92: 5.12) |
 Gravida ≥ 6 | 683 | 162 | 0.0001 | 13.68(6.03:31.03) | 0.009 | 3.54(1.38: 9.08)* |