Table 3 Child caring characteristics in Rural Fagita District, Awi Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Description | Moderate Acute Malnutrition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food-Secure Households | Food-Insecure Households | ||||
Breast fed | No | 90 | 44.55% | 81 | 40.09% |
Yes | 112 | 55.44% | 121 | 59.9% | |
Time to initiate breast feeding | Immediately | 92 | 82.14% | 97 | 80.16% |
>=1Hr of Delivery | 20 | 17.85% | 24 | 19.83% | |
Frequency of breast feed in 24hrs | <8 time/day | 21 | 18.75% | 23 | 19.00% |
8-12 time/day & above | 91 | 81.25% | 98 | 80.99% | |
Exclusively breast feed | < 6 month | 48 | 42.85% | 20 | 16.52% |
>=6 month | 64 | 57.14 | 101 | 83.47% | |
Pre-lactation food/fluid | No | 174 | 86.13% | 167 | 82.67% |
Yes | 28 | 13.86% | 35 | 17.32% | |
Material used to feed the child | Cup | 27 | 96.42% | 30 | 85.74% |
Bottle | 1 | 3.57% | 5 | 14.28% | |
Who is in charge of the baby’s Feeding | Mother | 199 | 98.51% | 198 | 98.01% |
Sister | 3 | 1.48% | 3 | 1.48% | |
Sickness in the last 2weeks | No | 191 | 94.55% | 190 | 94.05% |
Yes | 11 | 5.44% | 12 | 5.94% | |
Breast feeding until 1 year(6-23 month) | No | 1 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.78% |
Yes | 126 | 99.2% | 127 | 99.21% | |
Time to start complementary feeding(6-23month) | 1-5months | 24 | 19.04% | 29 | 22.83% |
6months | 89 | 68.99% | 84 | 66.14% | |
7-12months | 14 | 11.11% | 14 | 11.02% | |
Took soft thick (semi solid) porridge (6-8 months) | No | 42 | 10.4% | 51 | 12.6% |
Yes | 8 | 2.0% | 9 | 2.2% | |
Frequency the child take semi-solid porridge(6-8 month) | 1-2 time/day | 3 | 37.5% | 4 | 44.44% |
2-3 time/day | 4 | 50.00% | 4 | 44.44% | |
3-4 time/day | 1 | 12.5% | 1 | 11.11% | |
Took soft thick (semi solid) porridge (9-11 months) | No | 41 | 75.92% | 52 | 81.25% |
Yes | 13 | 24.07% | 12 | 18.75% | |
Family food consumption | No | 39 | 34.51% | 39 | 33.33% |
Yes | 74 | 65.48% | 78 | 66.66% | |
Frequency of family food | 1-2 time/day | 8 | 10.81% | 4 | 51.28% |
2-3 time/day | 64 | 86.48% | 71 | 91% | |
3-4 time/day | 2 | 2.70% | 3 | 3.84% | |
The number of MDD intake | Legumes & Nut | 4 | 3.10% | 6 | 4.68% |
Diary Products | 79 | 62.20% | 86 | 67.18% | |
Grain, rut, tuber, diary product, Legume & Nuts | 38 | 29.92% | 26 | 20.31% | |
<4 food groups | 111 | 88.09% | 101 | 79.52% | |
4+ food groups | 15 | 11.91% | 31 | 20.48% | |
MDD in 24 hours stop breast milk | No | 113 | 88.97% | 118 | 92.18% |
Yes | 14 | 11.02% | 10 | 7.81% | |
Immunized | No | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.79% |
Yes | 127 | 100% | 127 | 99.21% | |
Vitamin A supplementation | No | 26 | 20.47% | 26 | 20.31% |
Yes | 101 | 79.52% | 102 | 79.69% | |
Vaccines received | Only Penta1 and 2 K | 3 | 2.3% | 4 | 3.12% |
Fully | 107 | 84.25% | 110 | 85.93% | |
BCG, penta1-penta3 | 12 | 11.81% | 6 | 4.68% | |
Not Sure | 5 | 3.90% | 4 | 3.12% | |