Table 2 Proportion of initiation of complementary feeding (CF) at 6 months of age by maternal socio demographic characteristics
Explanatory variable | Initiation of CF at 6 months of age | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | ||
Mothers’ occupation | |||
Homemaker | 296 (84) | 56 (16) | 352 (59) |
Government employee | 99 (85) | 18 (15) | 117 (20) |
Trader | 54 (79) | 14 (21) | 68 (11) |
Daily laborer | 50 (79) | 13 (21) | 63 (10) |
Mothers’ educational level | |||
No formal education | 63 (72) | 24 (28) | 87 (15) |
Primary school | 189 (87) | 28 (13) | 217 (36) |
Secondary school | 128 (85) | 23 (15) | 151 (25) |
Above secondary school | 119 (82) | 26 (18) | 145 (24) |
Ethnicity | |||
Gurage | 176 (85) | 31 (15) | 180 (30) |
Amhara | 150 (83) | 30 (17) | 109 (18) |
Oromo | 91 (83) | 18 (17) | 207 (35) |
Othersa | 82 (79) | 22 (21) | 104 (17) |
Antenatal care attendance | |||
Yes | 489 (84) | 96 (16) | 585 (98) |
No | 10 (67) | 5 (33) | 15 (2) |
Made a plan for reaching the facility during labor | |||
Yes | 433 (84) | 80 (16) | 513 (85) |
No | 66 (76) | 21 (24) | 87 (15) |
Place of delivery | |||
Health facility | 487 (84) | 91 (16) | 578 (96) |
Home | 12 (54) | 10 (46) | 22 (4) |
Postnatal care visit | |||
Yes | 377 (85) | 68 (15) | 445 (74) |
No | 122 (79) | 33 (21) | 155 (26) |
Parityb | |||
One child | 241 (86) | 41 (14) | 282 (47) |
≥ two children | 258 (81) | 60 (19) | 318 (53) |
Child sex | |||
Male | 283 (84) | 54 (16) | 337 (56) |
Female | 216 (82) | 47 (18) | 263 (44) |
Received information about initiation of CF at 6 months of age | |||
Yes | 484 (84) | 93 (16) | 577 (96) |
No | 15 (65) | 8 (35) | 23 (4) |