Table 2 Feeding practices, maternal nutritional knowledge and nutritional status of children
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Currently breastfeeding | Yes | 356 | 96.5 |
No | 13 | 3.5 | |
Timely initiation of breastfeeding | Yes | 246 | 66.7 |
No | 123 | 33.3 | |
Nutritional knowledge of mother | Good | 285 | 77 |
Poor | 86 | 23 | |
Stunted | Yes | 90 | 24.4 |
No | 279 | 75.6 | |
Wasted | Yes | 75 | 20.3 |
No | 294 | 79.7 | |
Underweight | Yes | 90 | 24.4 |
No | 279 | 75.6 | |
Child history of illness in the past 2 weeks | Yes | 121 | 32.8 |
No | 248 | 67.2 |