Factors in the management of feeding in nursery school children as perceived by their mothers in rural Bondo County, Kenya

Table 3 Frequencies of the order of being served food within the household and their association with management of feeding practices in children

Person being served	n (%)	OR	95% CI	P-value
Father	25 (23.15)
Children	43 (39.81)	0.22	0.14 – 0.61	0.011
Together	36 (33.33)	0.73	0.43 – 0.92	0.019
No Response	4 (3.71)	N/A
Total	108

Values are n (%). OR = Odd Ratio; 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval. Logistic regression analyses were performed using the first category in each of the 'Persons being served’ as the reference group. N/A = Not applicable. Bad management of feeding was the dependent variable while all other factors were the independent variables in the logistic regression models.

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