Undernutrition and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in East Belesa District, northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Table 2 Feeding practice and health care related characteristics of mother-child pairs, East Belesa District, northwest Ethiopia, 2014

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Initiation of BF^a
Within one hour	458	72.4
1–24 h	156	24.6
After 24 h	19	3.0
Prelacteal feeding
Yes	372	58.7
No	261	41.3
Type of prelacteal food given (372)
Water	102	27.4
Butter	270	72.6
Feeding colostrum
Yes	410	64.8
No	223	35.2
Initiation to complementary feeding (n = 593)
Before sixth month	105	17.7
At sixth month	329	55.5
After sixth month	159	26.8
Complementary food offered in the last 24 h
Yes	593	93.7
No	40	6.3
Frequency of feeding (n = 593)
<3 times	336	56.7
3 times	152	25.6
>3 times	105	17.7
Method of feeding
Bottle	19	3.4
Cup	284	49.9
Spoon	73	12.8
Hand	193	33.9
Duration of BF
<12 months	155	24.5
12–24 months	223	35.2
>24 months	255	40.3
Antenatal care follow-up
Yes	182	28.8
No	451	71.2
Extra food during pregnancy or lactation
Yes	200	31.6
No	433	68.4
Child vitamin-A supplementation in the past six months
Yes	429	67.8
No	204	32.2
Diarrheal morbidity in the past two 2 weeks
Yes	165	26.1
No	465	73.9
Fever in the past two 2 weeks
Yes	117	18.5
No	516	81.5
ARI^b in the past two 2 weeks
Yes	96	15.2
No	537	84.8
Measles in the past one year
Yes	75	11.8
No	558	88.2
Child ever immunized
Yes	547	86.4
No	86	13.6

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