Individual and community level factors with a significant role in determining child height-for-age Z score in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis

Table 3 Diet intake, child and maternal care practices and Environmental health condition related characteristics of study participants in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara, Regional State, Ethiopia, 2015

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Breast feeding initiation time	Within one hour	2196	70.7
	1–24 h	718	23.1
	After 24 h	104	3.3
	Not breast feed	90	2.9
Complementary feeding initiation time	<6 months	282	9.1
	at 6 months	1600	51.5
	>6 months	1226	39.4
Maternal MUAC	<21 cm	648	20.8
Maternal MUAC	>21 cm	2460	79.2
Diarrheal illness 2 weeks prior to the survey	Yes	407	13.1
Diarrheal illness 2 weeks prior to the survey	No	2701	86.9
Household food insecurity	Food secure	1077	34.7
Household food insecurity	Food insecure	2031	65.3
Latrine utilization^a	Yes	714	23.0
Latrine utilization^a	No	2395	77.0
Liquid waste disposal practice	Yes	1132	36.4
Liquid waste disposal practice	No	372	12.0
ANC follow up^b	Yes	2412	77.6
ANC follow up^b	No	696	22.4
PNC follow up^c	Yes	1138	36.6
PNC follow up^c	No	1970	63.4
Child immunization status	Incomplete	2522	81.1
Child immunization status	complete	586	18.9

^a MUAC Mid Upper Arm Circumference, ^b ANC Antenatal Care, ^c PNC Postnatal Care

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