TABLE 6. Multivariate Logistic Regression Model Showing Predictors of Receipt of Food Supplements For Households With Pregnant Women or Children 6 Months to 3 Years, Bhojpur District, Bihar State, India (N = 2,038)
OR95% CIP
Education and experience
AWWs who have completed class 11+1.3030.931–1.824.12
AWWs who have 11+ years of experience0.8380.581–1.210.35
Monetary incentives
AWWs who have ever received immunization incentives1.2200.773–1.925.39
AWWs who have ever received training incentives0.8850.633–1.237.47
AWWs who have experience delayed payment for food supplements sometime in last 6 months1.0220.694–1.504.91
Primary reason for working is income generation, AWWs1.0790.781–1.492.64
Worker effort and organization
AWWs who have held a VHND0.8470.497–1.446.54
AWWs who have weighing device for food1.2750.735–2.211.39
Supervision, training, and knowledge
AWW knows who is their supervisor1.5990.812–3.151.18
Household and village variables
AWWs and household head of same caste1.0110.536–1.907.97
Household heads who have completed class 7+0.8390.633–1.112.22
Household socioeconomic status index 0.871 0.789–0.962 .007
Village population (1,000s)1.0150.972–1.060.51
  • Abbreviations: AWWs, Anganwadi workers; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; VHND, Village Health and Nutrition Day.

  • Variables shown in italics are statistically significant at P < .10.