Table 3 Education, media exposure, and fasting related characteristics of houses of children aged between 6 and 23 months, Dembecha, North West Ethiopia, 2018
Characteristics | Frequency(n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Read newspapers and magazine | ||
No | 486 | 96.8 |
One and above times a week | 16 | 3.2 |
Education on dietary diversity and meal frequency | ||
Yes | 449 | 89.4 |
No | 53 | 10.6 |
Food cooking demonstration training | ||
Yes | 265 | 52.8 |
No | 237 | 47.2 |
Media exposure | ||
Unsatisfactory | 433 | 86.3 |
Satisfactory | 69 | 13.7 |
Knowledge on child feeding | ||
On dietary diversity | 488 | 97.2 |
On feeding frequency | 75 | 14.9 |
Reason for not feed animal source food | ||
Contaminate feeding utensils | 143 | 28.4 |
Not necessary for children | 48 | 9.5 |
Due to fasting | 29 | 5.7 |
Family member feeding practice in fasting | ||
Not consume animal source foods | 421 | 83.9 |
Consume at any time in fasting | 334 | 66.5 |
Not consume at any time in fasting | 168 | 33.5 |
Consume animal source foods | 81 | 16.9 |