Table 2 Feeding pattern, health care, and morbidity related characteristics of children aged under five years at Dabat District, northwest Ethiopia, 2015
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Ever breastfeeding | ||
Yes | 1176 | 99.3 |
No | 8 | 0.7 |
Initiation breastfeeding | ||
early initiation | 619 | 52.3 |
late initiation | 565 | 47.7 |
Colostrum feeding | ||
Yes | 615 | 51.9 |
No | 569 | 48.1 |
Pre-lacteal feeding | ||
Yes | 341 | 28.8 |
No | 843 | 71.2 |
Exclusive breastfeeding | ||
Yes | 745 | 62.9 |
No | 439 | 37.1 |
Initiation of complementary feeding | ||
Timely (6 – 8 Months) | 685 | 57.9 |
Early (<6 Months) | 144 | 12.2 |
Lately (≥9 Months) | 355 | 30.0 |
History of bottle feeding | ||
Yes | 58 | 4.9 |
No | 1126 | 95.1 |
Deworming status of the child | ||
Yes | 414 | 35.0 |
No | 770 | 65.0 |
Child vitamin–A supplementation in the past six month | ||
Yes | 940 | 79.4 |
No | 244 | 20.6 |
History of fever in the past two weeks | ||
Yes | 440 | 37.2 |
No | 744 | 62.8 |
History of diarrheal morbidity in the past two weeks | ||
Yes | 212 | 17.9 |
No | 972 | 82.1 |
Dietary diversity score | ||
< 4 food groups | 1114 | 94.1 |
≥ 4 food groups | 70 | 5.9 |
Maternal feeding status during pregnancy | ||
Less than before | 488 | 41.2 |
As usual | 674 | 56.9 |
Greater than before | 22 | 1.9 |
Postnatal Vitamin–A supplementation | ||
Yes | 292 | 24.7 |
No | 892 | 75.3 |
Prenatal Iron supplementation | ||
Yes | 536 | 45.3 |
No | 648 | 54.7 |