Table 1.
Description of the scoring system to construct infant and child-feeding index
| Scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 6-8 months | 9-11 months | 12-23 months |
| Breastfeeding | Yes=2 | Yes=2 | Yes=1 |
| No=0 | No=0 | No=0 | |
| Bottle-feeding | Yes=0 | Yes=0 | Yes=0 |
| No=1 | No=1 | No=1 | |
| Dietary diversity (past 24 hours) | None of food-groups=0 | None of food-groups=0 | None or one of food-groups=0 |
| One food-group=1 | One to two food-groups=1 | Two or three food-groups=1 | |
| Two or more food-groups=2 | Three or more food-groups=2 | Four or more food-groups=2 | |
| Food-group frequency (past 7 days) | 0 (no foods in previous week)=0 | 0 or 1=0 | 0 through 3=0 |
| 1 or 2=1 | 2 through 4=1 | 4 through 6=1 | |
| 3 or higher=2 | 5 or higher=2 | 7 or higher=2 | |
| Feeding frequency | Not at all=0 | Not at all=0 | Not at all or once=0 |
| Once=1 | Once or twice=1 | Twice=1 | |
| Two or more times=2 | Three or more times=2 | Three times=2 | |
| Four times or more=3 | |||
| Total score (minimum/ maximum) | 0/9 | 0/9 | 0/9 |