Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics and nutrition practice of children and mothers by nutrition status

Child’s age

0–2 years old

110 (47.2)

39 (48.8)

29 (34.1)

16 (31.4)

16 (43.2)

42 (57.5)

3 years and over

123 (52.8)

41 (51.2)

56 (65.9)

35 (68.6)

21 (56.8)

31 (42.5)

Child's sex

Boy

114 (48.9)

32 (40)

47 (55.3)

30 (58.8)

20 (54.1)

36 (49.3)

Girl

119 (51.1)

48 (60)

38 (44.7)

21 (41.2)

17 (45.9)

37 (50.7)

Mother’s age

20–29 years old

82 (35.2)

29 (36.3)

31 (36.5)

24 (47.1)

15 (40.5)

22 (30.1)

30 years old and over

151 (64.8)

51 (63.7)

54 (63.5)

27 (52.9)

22 (59.5)

51 (69.9)

Mother’s marital status

Married

229 (98.3)

79 (98.8)

85 (100)

51 (100)

37 (100)

71 (97.3)

Not married or widowed

4 (1.7)

1 (1.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (2.7)

Mother’s education level

Completed secondary school

54 (23.2)

21 (26.3)

19 (22.4)

11 (21.6)

13 (35.1)

9 (12.3)

Completed tertiary or higher education

179 (76.8)

59 (73.8)

66 (77.6)

40 (78.4)

24 (64.9)

64 (87.7)

Mother’s employed type

Not fulltime or housewife

145 (62.2)

54 (67.5)

50 (58.8)

29 (56.9)

15 (40.5)

49 (67.1)

Fulltime worker

88 (37.8)

26 (32.5)

35 (41.2)

22 (43.1)

22 (59.5)

24 (32.9)

Monthly household income

Rp. 1.250.001-Rp. 4.000.000

97 (41.6)

33 (41.3)

33 (38.8)

22 (43.1)

19 (51.4)

28 (38.4)

Rp. 4.000.001 or more

136 (58.4)

47 (58.8)

52 (61.2)

29 (56.9)

18 (48.6)

45 (61.6)

Owns MCHHB

No

30 (13.2)

11 (13.9)

9 (10.6)

5 (9.8)

6 (16.2)

7 (10.1)

Yes

198 (86.8)

68 (86.1)

76 (89.4)

46 (90.2)

31 (83.8)

62 (89.9)

Hours of television watching a day

Less than 1 hour

117 (50.2)

33 (41.3)

47 (55.3)

35 (68.6)

22 (59.5)

36 (49.3)

1 hour or more

116 (49.8)

47 (58.8)

38 (44.7)

16 (31.4)

15 (40.5)

37 (50.7)

Told child is overweight by medical worker

No

188 (87.0)

51 (75)

62 (78.5)

45 (91.8)

34 (94.4)

68 (97.1)

Yes

28 (13.04)

17 (25)

17 (21.5)

4 (8.2)

2 (5.6)

2 (2.9)

Breastfeeding before 6 months old

No

23 (9.9)

8 (10.1)

4 (4.8)

2 (3.9)

4 (10.8)

9 (12.3)

Yes

209 (90.1)

71 (89.9)

80 (95.2)

49 (96.1)

33 (89.2)

64 (87.7)

Formula milk before 6 months old

No

123 (53.0)

44 (55.7)

46 (54.8)

33 (64.7)

21 (56.8)

32 (43.8)

Yes

109 (47.0)

35 (44.3)

38 (45.2)

18 (35.3)

16 (43.2)

41 (56.2)

Water before 6 months old

No

210 (90.5)

69 (87.3)

72 (85.7)

49 (96.1)

36 (97.3)

66 (90.4)

Yes

22 (9.5)

10 (12.7)

12 (14.3)

2 (3.9)

1 (2.7)

7 (9.6)

Sweetened beverage before 6 months old

No

209 (90.1)

69 (87.3)

73 (86.9)

50 (98)

35 (94.6)

66 (90.4)

Yes

23 (9.9)

10 (12.7)

11 (13.1)

1 (2)

2 (5.4)

7 (9.6)

Complementary food before 6 months old

No

178 (76.7)

57 (72.2)

64 (76.2)

46 (90.2)

35 (94.6)

54 (74)

Yes

54 (23.3)

22 (27.8)

20 (23.8)

5 (9.8)

2 (5.4)

19 (26)

Junk food

No

216 (93.1)

70 (88.6)

75 (89.3)

51 (100)

37 (100)

69 (94.5)

Yes

16 (6.9)

9 (11.4)

9 (10.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (5.5)

Snacks†

Never

27 (12.5)

12 (16.2)

14 (16.9)

11 (22.0)

5 (13.5)

5 (7.8)

Once a day or more

189 (87.5)

62 (83.8)

69 (83.1)

39 (78.0)

32 (86.5)

59 (92.2)

Eat outside‡

Less than few times a week

111 (51.4)

40 (54.1)

48 (57.8)

36 (72.0)

19 (51.4)

26 (40.6)

Few times a week or more

105 (48.6)

34 (45.9)

35 (42.2)

14 (28.0)

18 (48.6)

38 (59.4)

Takeaway food‡

Less than few times a week

115 (53.2)

44 (59.5)

47 (56.6)

33 (66.0)

19 (51.4)

29 (45.3)

Few times a week or more

101 (46.8)

30 (40.5)

36 (43.4)

17 (34.0)

18 (48.6)

35 (54.7)

Stunting

No

41 (52.6)

Yes

37 (47.4)