Table 2.
Child feeding practices and Health Seeking Behaviors of the respondents (n=315), Wolayta Sodo Town, January 2014
| Variables | Employed n (%) |
Unemployed n (%) |
| Initiation of breast feeding(n=270) | ||
| First hour | 79(29.3) | 121(44.8) |
| Within 8 hours | 29(10.7) | 30(11.1) |
| After 24 hours | 1(0.4) | 10(3.7) |
| Initiation of complementary feeding(n=270) | ||
| At 6 month | 67(37.2) | 113(62.8) |
| After 6 month | 21(36.8) | 36(63.2) |
| Less than 6 month | 21(63.6) | 12(36.4) |
| Seeking advice or treatment for sickness | ||
| Fever (n=48) | 20(90.9) | 28(84.8) |
| Cough (n=54) | 25(69.4) | 29(65.9) |
| Diarrhea (n=23) | 8(61.5) | 15(75.0) |
| Immunization | ||
| Yes | 108(90.0) | 183(93.8) |
| No | 12(10.0) | 12(6.2) |
| Place of delivery | ||
| Health institution | 56(46.7) | 106 (54.4) |
| Outside Health institution (home) | 64(53.3) | 89 (44.6) |
| Children weighed at birth | ||
| No | 75 (62.5) | 102(52.3) |
| Yes | 45(37.5) | 93(47.7) |