Table 2 Maternal health care and child feeding practices in Lalibela District, northeast Ethiopia, 2015
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Antenatal care (413) | ||
Yes | 306 | 74.1 |
No | 107 | 25.9 |
Frequency of antenatal care visits | ||
1–2 times | 30 | 9.8 |
3–4 times | 250 | 81.7 |
≥ 5 times | 26 | 8.5 |
Place of delivery (413) | ||
Health facility | 262 | 63.4 |
Home | 151 | 36.6 |
Postnatal visit (413) | ||
Yes | 105 | 25.4 |
No | 308 | 74.6 |
Frequency of feeding per day (n = 411) | ||
1–2 times | 94 | 22.3 |
3 times | 190 | 45.1 |
≥ 4 times | 127 | 30.2 |
Dietary diversity score (n = 411) | ||
Poor | 360 | 87.6 |
Good | 51 | 12.4 |
Type of food at first time of weaning | ||
Gruel | 385 | 91.4 |
Porridge | 364 | 86.5 |
Cow milk | 112 | 26.6 |
Powder milk | 50 | 11.9 |
Others a | 12 | 3.3 |
Information on TICF b | ||
Accurate information | 248 | 58.9 |
Inaccurate information | 173 | 41.1 |
Source of information on TICF | ||
Health extension workers | 350 | 83.1 |
Health care professionals | 302 | 71.7 |
Television and radio | 151 | 35.8 |
Community health worker | 23 | 5.5 |