Magnitude of bottle-feeding practice and associated factors among mothers of 0–24 months’ children in Asella town, Oromia region, Ethiopia

Table 4 Bottle feeding practice among study participants, in Asella town, Ethiopia, 2022

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Bottle feeding child	Yes	246	35.5
	No	446	64.5
Reason to start bottle feeding	Mother busy	90	36.6
	Good to promote growth	53	21.5
	Convenient	37	15.1
	Insufficient breast milk	35	14.2
	Mothers’ illness	31	12.6
Fluid offered with the bottle feeding	Cow milk	140	56.9
Fluid offered with the bottle feeding	Formula milk	106	43.1
What frequency of bottle feeding per day?	Two	20	8.1
What frequency of bottle feeding per day?	Three	58	23.6
	Four	71	28.9
	Five and above	97	39.4
How do you keep the bottle clean?	Boiling	102	41.5
How do you keep the bottle clean?	Rising with water and soap	94	38.2
	Only rising the water	50	20.3

ISSN: 2055-0928