Table 4 Maternal characteristics
Variables | Categories | Wasting | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Place of delivery | Home | 31 | 58 | 89 | 22.8 |
Health facility | 111 | 190 | 301 | 77.17 | |
Duration of pregnancy | Below 9 months | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3.3 |
At 9 months | 102 | 182 | 284 | 72.8 | |
Above 9 months | 29 | 55 | 84 | 21.5 | |
Don’t know | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | |
Type of delivery | Single | 136 | 246 | 382 | 98 |
Multiple | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
Vaccination status | At birth | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2.8 |
at 6th week | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4.4 | |
At 10th week | 9 | 12 | 21 | 5.4 | |
At 14th week | 102 | 186 | 29 | 7.4 | |
Recurrent illness | Yes | 56 | 83 | 139 | 35.6 |
No | 86 | 165 | 251 | 64.4 | |
Diarrheal illness in past two weeks | Yes | 54 | 94 | 148 | 36.7 |
No | 88 | 154 | 242 | 62 | |
Respiratory illness in past two weeks | Yes | 27 | 39 | 66 | 16.9 |
No | 112 | 205 | 317 | 81.3 | |
Don’t know | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | |