Table 2.

Child, household, community and health care level characteristics of children aged 6–23 months, Dangila, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014

Characteristics	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Child characteristics
Age of child in months
06–11	338	36.7
12–17	287	31.2
18–23	295	32.1
Sex of a child
Male	436	47.4
Female	484	52.6
Birth order of index child
First	259	28.2
Second to fourth	553	60.1
Above fourth	108	11.7
Currently breast feed
No	100	10.9
Yes	820	89.1
Diarrhea for the last two weeks
No	798	86.7
Yes	122	13.3
ARI for the last two weeks
No	814	88.5
Yes	106	11.5
Household characteristics
No of <5 children
One	622	67.6
Two	289	31.4
Three and above	9	1
Decision making at household
Mothers not involved	206	22.4
Mothers involved	714	77.6
Exposure to media
Unsatisfactory	567	61.6
Satisfactory	353	38.4
Household Wealth
Poor	305	33.2
Middle	314	34.1
Rich	301	32.7
Sources of information on IYCFa
Health professionals	703	76.4
Relatives	133	14.5
Friends	149	16.2
Family	155	16.8
Media promotion (radio/television)	171	18.6
No information	82	8.9
Community characteristics
Residence
Rural	520	56.5
Urban	400	43.5
Home gardening
No	825	89.7
Yes	95	10.3
Uses of home gardening (n = 95)
Only for sell	18	18.9
Only for household consumption	49	51.6
Both for cell and household	28	29.5
Health care characteristics
Antenatal clinic visits
Missing	142	15.4
1–3 times	156	17
Four and above times	622	67.6
Place of delivery
Home	229	24.9
Institution	691	75.1
Timing of post-natal check-up
Missing	295	32.1
Within 1–2 days	81	8.8
Within 3–6 days	161	17.5
After 7 days	383	41.6

^aProportion cannot be 100 % (it is based on multiple option questions)