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Table 2 Characteristics of children in Northwest Ethiopia by household food insecurity

From: Household food insecurity and its association with nutritional status of under five children in Sekela District, Western Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Characteristics

All

Food Secure(n = 144)

Food Insecure(n = 411)

Children

 Number of under five children

555

144

411

 Age(Mo)

31.39 ± 1.2

30.46 ± 2.37

31.71 ± 1.34

 Sex(%Male)

49.9

50

49.9

Morbidity

 Upper respiratory infection

28.7

25.2

30.4

 Fever

18.9

17.1

20

 Diarrhoea

20.7

19.5

21.1

Mother

 Head of household(% female)

12.4

6.3

14.6*

 Education(% no formal education)

78.7

69.4

82

 Work involvement(%yes)

69.5

61.1

72.5**

 Father’s education(% no education)

58.2

47.9

61.8*

Household

 Roof of the house(%thatched)

16.6

4.9

20.7**

 Number of room (% ≥ 3)

22.4

35.4

17.8

 TV/Radio

28.1

36.8

26.0*

 Electricity

6.1

14.2

3.2**

 Farmland(%yes)

81.6

77.8

83

 Home garden(%yes)

27.2

25.2

27.7

 Animal possession(%yes)

81.5

93.1

76.9*

 Safe water(%yes)

67.1

68.8

66.4

 Toilet use

66.4

67

66.2

Use of preventive child health service

 Early initiation of breastfeeding(%yes)

31.4

35.8

29.6

 Colostrum avoidance(%yes)

44.4

34

48.8**

 Prelacteal feed(%yes)

35.4

24.5

40*

 Breastfeeding on demand

63.2

  

 Introduction of complementary foods at 6 month

23

20.8

24

 Frequency of complementary feeding(% ≥ 3 meal/day, N = 555)

38.8

49

34.4*

Fully immunized (%yes, N = 555)

66.3

75

63.3

 Vitamin A Supplementation in the past 6 month (% yes)

72.1

72.9

71.8

 Deworming in the past 6 months(% yes)

78.9

81.3

78.1

Use of preventive maternal health service

 ANC follow (% yes, N = 545)

49.7

59

46.5*

 Place of delivery(% institution delivery N=)

10.6

15.3

11.9

 Current family planning use(%yes)

55.3

59

54

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 the difference between food secure and insecure households