Table 2 Child caring practices and maternal health service utilization, Bule Hora district, 2013 (n = 778)
Variables | Frequency (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Exclusive Breastfeeding (in months) | <4 | 32(4.1) |
4-6 | 704(23.0) | |
>6 | 34(4.4) | |
Unknown | 8(1.0) | |
Vaccination status | Not vaccinated | 16(2.1) |
Partially vaccinated | 348(45.7) | |
Fully vaccinated | 414(54.3) | |
Vitamin A supplementation | Yes | 401(51.5) |
No | 377(48.5) | |
Fed Pre-lacteal feeding | Yes | 94(12.1) |
No | 684(87.9) | |
Place of delivery | Home | 693(89.1) |
Health facility | 85(10.9) | |
Diarrheal morbidity in the past year | Yes | 377(48.5) |
No | 401(51.5) | |
Diarrheal morbidity in the last two weeks | Yes | 195(25.1) |
No | 583(74.9) | |
Episodes of diarrheal morbidity per year* | 1 episodes | 268(71.1) |
2 episodes | 84(22.3) | |
≥3 episodes | 25(6.6) | |
Child ever taken to Health institutions | Yes | 522(67.1) |
No | 256(32.9) | |
Total number of children born to a mother | ≤4 | 483(62.1) |
>4 | 295(37.9) | |
Antenatal care follow-up | Yes | 564(72.5) |
No | 214(27.5) | |
Knowing FP methods | Yes | 723(92.9) |
No | 55(7.1) | |
Ever used of FP methods | Yes | 360(49.8) |
No | 363(50.2) | |
Extra meal during pregnancy/lactation | Yes | 513(65.9) |
No | 265(34.1) | |