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Table 2 Magnitude of infant and young child feeding indicators and child undernutrition

From: Maternal autonomy but not social support is a predictor of child feeding indicators in the Northern Region, Ghana

Characteristic

Frequency

Percent (%)

95% Confidence Interval

Infant and young child feeding indicators

 Minimum dietary diversity

210

53.2

48.1 – 58.2

 Minimum meal frequency

288

72.9

68.2 – 77.2

 Minimum acceptable diet

176

44.6

40.0 – 50.0

Child nutritional status

 Wasting

83

21.0

19.9 – 28.6

 Stunting

95

24.1

17.1 – 25.4

 Underweight

81

20.5

16.6 – 24.8