Table 2 Maternal and child health characteristics of the respondents from food secure and food insecure households of Albuko district, northeast Ethiopia, 2017
Characteristics | Food secure HHs n=527 | Food insecure HHs n=512 | Total n=1039 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
Extra meal during pregnancy/lactation | ||||||
 Yes | 416 | 78.9 | 201 | 39.3 | 617 | 59.4 |
 No | 111 | 21.1 | 311 | 60.7 | 422 | 40.6 |
ANC visit | ||||||
 Yes | 477 | 90.5 | 429 | 83.8 | 906 | 87.2 |
 No | 50 | 9.5 | 83 | 16.2 | 133 | 12.8 |
Number of ANC | ||||||
 First | 13 | 2.7 | 14 | 3.2 | 27 | 3 |
 Second | 110 | 23.3 | 101 | 24 | 211 | 24 |
 Third | 164 | 35 | 148 | 34 | 312 | 34 |
 Fourth and more | 190 | 39 | 166 | 38.8 | 356 | 39 |
Place of delivery | ||||||
 Home | 182 | 34.5 | 209 | 40.8 | 391 | 37.6 |
 Health facility | 345 | 65.5 | 303 | 59.2 | 648 | 62.4 |
Deworming supplementation | ||||||
 Yes | 477 | 90.5 | 465 | 90.8 | 942 | 90.7 |
 No | 50 | 9.5 | 47 | 9.2 | 97 | 9.3 |
Vitamin A supplementation in the past six months | ||||||
 Yes | 482 | 91.5 | 459 | 89.6 | 941 | 90.6 |
 No | 45 | 8.5 | 53 | 10.4 | 98 | 9.4 |
Diarrheal morbidity in the past two weeks | ||||||
 Yes | 42 | 8.0 | 103 | 20.1 | 145 | 14.0 |
 No | 485 | 92.0 | 409 | 79.9 | 894 | 86.0 |