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Table 1 Distribution of background and obstetric characteristics of individual-level factors, analysis from the 2019 EDHS, (weighted N = 1457)

From: Trends and determinants of minimum acceptable diet intake among infant and young children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health survey

Individual-level variables

Minimum acceptable diet

Total (weighted) N (%)

Acceptable, N (%)

Not acceptable, N (%)

Age of children

 6–11 months

30 (2.06)

446 (30.61)

476 (32.67)

 12–18 months

77 (5.28)

473 (32.46)

550 (37.74)

 18–24 months

56 (3.84)

374 (25.67)

430 (29.51)

Highest education

 No education

45 (3.09)

600 (41.18)

645 (44.27)

 Primary

80 (5.49)

529 (36.31)

609 (41.80)

 Secondary

23 (1.58)

97 (6.66)

120 (8.24)

 Higher

16 (1.10)

66 (4.53)

82 (5.63)

Wealth

 lowest

25 (1.72)

421 (28.89)

446 (30.61)

 medium

69 (4.74)

486 (33.36)

555 (38.09)

 Highest

70 (4.80)

386 (26.49)

456 (31.29)

Place of delivery

 Home

53 (3.64)

578 (39.67)

631 (43.31)

 Institution

112 (7.69)

714 (49.00)

826 (56.69)

Postnatal check within 2 months

 No

124 (8.51)

1135 (77.90)

1259 (86.41)

 Yes

41 (2.81)

157 (10.78)

198 (13.59)