Table 2 Proportion of mothers’/care givers’ who had knowledge in infant and young child feeding recommendations
Variable | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Correctly answered recommended duration of continued breastfeeding | 137 (68.5%) |
Correctly answered age of start of complementary foods | 144 (72.0%) |
Gave good reasons for giving complementary foods at 6 months | 11 (5.5%) |
Correctly knew how to ensure consistency of meal | 168 (84.0%) |
Gave good reasons why consistency of meal of meal is necessary | 55 (27.5%) |
Correctly knew how to ensure dietary diversity and ways of enriching porridge | 113 (56.5%) |
Knew responsive feeding | 163 (81.5%) |
Mean (SD) knowledge score (%) | 58(28.45%) |
Classification of knowledge scores | |
High (> 70%) | 104(52.0%) |
Low | 96(48.0%) |