Table 2 Child characteristics in Rural Fagita District, Awi Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Description | Moderate acute malnutrition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food-Insecure Households | Food-Insecure Households | ||||
Child’s sex | Female | 101 | 50.0% | 111 | 54.95% |
Male | 101 | 50.0% | 91 | 45.04% | |
Child’s age | 0-11 | 29 | 14.35% | 31 | 15.34% |
12-23 | 99 | 49.00% | 102 | 50.45% | |
24-35 | 50 | 24.75% | 44 | 21.78% | |
36-47 | 18 | 8.90% | 18 | 8.90% | |
48-59 | 6 | 2.90% | 7 | 3.40% | |
Birth interval | 0-23 months | 95 | 47.02% | 85 | 42.07% |
24+ months | 107 | 52.97% | 117 | 57.92% | |
Gestational age | <9month | 28 | 13.86% | 46 | 22.77% |
9+ month | 174 | 86.13% | 156 | 77.22% | |
Illness in the last 2 weeks | 149 | 73.76% | 147 | 72.77% | |
53 | 26.23% | 55 | 27.22% | ||
Frequency of health problems | Fever | 9 | 16.98% | 5 | 9.00% |
Cough | 6 | 11.32% | 5 | 9.00% | |
Fever & cough | 13 | 24.52% | 25 | 45.45% | |
Vomiting &diarrhea | 25 | 47.16% | 20 | 36.36% | |