Table 3.
Feeding practices of children aged 6–59 months, Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia (n = 707).
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Prelacteal feeding | ||
| Yes | 58 | 8.2 |
| No | 649 | 91.8 |
| Initiation of breast-feeding | ||
| Within one hour | 532 | 75.2 |
| More than one hour | 175 | 24.8 |
| Children being breast-fed | ||
| Yes | 301 | 42.6 |
| No | 406 | 57.4 |
| Exclusively breast-fed | ||
| No | 130 | 18.4 |
| Yes | 577 | 81.6 |
| Reasons not to be exclusively breast-fed (130) | ||
| Work related | 16 | 12.3 |
| Medical problem | 4 | 3.1 |
| Formula feeding has advantage | 5 | 3.8 |
| Maternal perception | 25 | 19.2 |
| Not having enough milk | 42 | 32.3 |
| Lack of family support | 27 | 20.8 |
| Not to breast-feed | 11 | 8.5 |
| Frequency of complementary feeding | ||
| Less than 3 times per day | 27 | 3.8 |
| 3–5 times per day | 541 | 76.5 |
| More than five times per day | 139 | 19.7 |
| Material used for complementary feeding | ||
| Bottle | 41 | 5.8 |
| Cup | 46 | 6.5 |
| Spoon | 218 | 30.8 |
| Fork | 14 | 2.0 |
| Mother hand | 137 | 19.4 |
| His/her hand | 430 | 60.8 |