Table 3 Child feeding practices 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 | |
BF initiation | ||||||
 Within one hour | 519 | 98.5 | 502 | 98.0 | 1021 | 98.3 |
 More than one hour | 8 | 1.5 | 10 | 2.0 | 18 | 1.7 |
Pre-lacteal use | ||||||
 Yes | 79 | 15.0 | 83 | 16.2 | 162 | 15.6 |
 No | 448 | 85.0 | 429 | 83.8 | 877 | 84.4 |
Pre-lacteal food type | ||||||
 Milk | 13 | 16.4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8.2 |
 Water | 31 | 39.2 | 43 | 52 | 74 | 45.6 |
 Sugar | 35 | 44.4 | 39 | 47.9 | 74 | 45.6 |
 Honey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.6 |
Colostrum use | ||||||
 Yes | 483 | 91.7 | 493 | 96.3 | 976 | 93.9 |
 No | 44 | 8.3 | 19 | 3.7 | 63 | 6.1 |
CF initiation | ||||||
 Below six month | 92 | 17.5 | 80 | 15.6 | 172 | 16.6 |
 At six month | 237 | 45.0 | 273 | 53.3 | 510 | 49.1 |
 After six month | 198 | 37.6 | 159 | 31.1 | 357 | 34.4 |
Feeding method | ||||||
 Bottle | 110 | 20.9 | 112 | 21.9 | 222 | 21.4 |
 Cup | 231 | 43.8 | 213 | 41.6 | 444 | 42.7 |
 Hand | 169 | 32.1 | 174 | 34.0 | 343 | 33.0 |
 Othersa | 17 | 3.2 | 13 | 2.5 | 30 | 2.9 |
Dietary diversity | ||||||
 <4 food groups | 368 | 69.8 | 389 | 76.0 | 757 | 72.9 |
 >4 food groups | 159 | 30.2 | 123 | 24.0 | 282 | 27.1 |
Meal frequency | ||||||
 <4 times | 178 | 33.8 | 283 | 55.3 | 461 | 44.4 |
 >4 times | 349 | 66.2 | 229 | 44.7 | 578 | 55.6 |
Types of food | ||||||
 Injera | 57 | 10.8 | 56 | 10.9 | 113 | 10.9 |
 Milk | 107 | 20.3 | 99 | 19.3 | 206 | 19.8 |
 Porridge | 214 | 40.6 | 257 | 50.2 | 471 | 45.3 |
 Smashed potato | 149 | 28.3 | 100 | 19.5 | 249 | 24.0 |