Table 2 Maternal and child and environmental characteristics of the respondents in Demba Gofa district, Ethiopia, 2021
Variables | Response variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (months) | 6–11 | 136 | 37.5 |
12–23 | 226 | 62.5 | |
Gender of the child | Male | 194 | 53.6 |
Female | 168 | 46.4 | |
Antenatal care utilization | Yes | 196 | 54.1 |
No | 166 | 45.9 | |
Extra meal during pregnancy | Yes | 173 | 47.8 |
No | 189 | 52.2 | |
Extra meal during breastfeeding | Yes | 258 | 71.3 |
No | 104 | 28.7 | |
Place of delivery | Health institution | 90 | 24.9 |
Home | 272 | 75.1 | |
Squeezed out first milk | Yes | 114 | 31.5 |
No | 248 | 68.5 | |
Breast milk initiation | In the first one hour after delivery | 295 | 81.5 |
After an hour | 56 | 15.5 | |
After days | 11 | 3.0 | |
Daily breast feeding rounds (frequency of breastfeeding in 24 h) | 5–8 | 273 | 75.3 |
9–12 | 86 | 23.7 | |
> 12 | 3 | 0.9 | |
Exclusive breast feeding | Exclusively fed | 71 | 19.6 |
Not fed exclusively | 291 | 80.4 | |
Initiation of complementary feeding | At 3rd Month | 86 | 23.8 |
At 4th Month | 167 | 46.1 | |
At 5th Month | 95 | 26.2 | |
At 6th Month and Above | 15 | 4.2 | |
Feeding the child fruit and vegetables | Yes | 161 | 44.5 |
No | 201 | 55.5 | |
Feeding the child animal source food | Yes | 139 | 38.4 |
No | 223 | 61.6 | |
Child received deworming drug | Yes | 32 | 8.8 |
No | 330 | 91.2 | |
Source of drinking water | Protected spring water | 12 | 3.3 |
Unprotected spring water | 55 | 15.2 | |
Public stand pipe (tap) water | 272 | 75.1 | |
Runny water | 23 | 6.4 | |
Availability of hand washing facility | Fully functional | 61 | 16.9 |
Partially functional | 188 | 51.9 | |
Not available | 113 | 31.2 | |
Children have diarrhoea in the last two weeks | Yes | 122 | 33.7 |
No | 240 | 66.3 | |
Vaccination status of the children | Completed | 132 | 36.5 |
Not completed | 116 | 32.0 | |
Not vaccinated at all | 9 | 2.5 | |
Being vaccinating | 105 | 29.0 |