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Table 3 Child care practice

From: Prevalence of wasting and associated factors among children aged 2–5 years, southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

Wasting

Frequency

Percentage

Yes

No

ANC follow up

Yes

100

204

304

77.95%

No

42

44

86

22.05%

Family planning

Yes

109

219

328

84.1%

No

33

29

62

15.90%

Type of family planning

Tablet

14

33

47

12.05%

Depo

62

107

169

43.33%

Norplant

34

82

116

29.74%

Condom

1

1

2

0.51%

I dint know

31

25

56

14.36%

When do you wash your hand

After toilet

70

111

181

46.41%

Before preparing food

56

96

152

38.97%

Before serving food

13

33

46

11.79%

After washing or taking care of baby

3

8

11

2.82%

How do you wash your hand

Only with water

63

92

155

39.74%

Sometimes with soap

79

156

235

60.25%