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. 2019 Mar 10;2019:4716482. doi: 10.1155/2019/4716482

Table 2.

Maternal and child health care related factors of study participant of Nekemte town, West Ethiopia, 2017.

Variable Case (n = 78) Control (n=156) P-value
N (%) N (%)
Place of delivery 0.249
 Home 15(19.2) 21(13.5)
 Health institution 63(80.8) 135(86.5)
ANC 0.628
 No 8(10.3) 13(8.3)
 Yes 70(89.7) 143(91.7)
History of diarrhoea < 0.001
 Yes 34(43.6%) 20(12.8%)
 No 44(56.4%) 136(87.2%)
History of febrile illness 0.284
 Yes 23(29.5) 57(36.5)
 No 55(70.5) 99(63.5)
Vaccination status 0.148
 Incomplete 18(23.1) 24(15.4)
 Completed 60(76.9) 132(84.6)
Breast feeding initiation 0.269
 > 1 hour 21(26.9) 32(20.5)
 ≤ 1 hour 57(73.1) 124(79.5)
Per lacteal feed 0.114
 Yes 18(23.1) 23(14.7)
 No 60(76.9) 133(85.3)
Colostrum 0.571
 Discarded 4(5.1) 11(7.1)
 Given to child 74(94.9) 145(92.9)
Duration of EBF 0.900
 < or > than 6 months 22(28.2) 42(26.9)
 For 6 months 56(71.8) 114(73.1)
DDS 0.001
 Low DDS 71(91.0) 111(71.2)
 High DDS 7(9.0) 45(28.8)
Bottle feeding < 0.001
 Yes 37(47.4) 35(22.4)
 No 41(52.6) 121(77.6)
Way of feeding 0.714
 All children together 6(7.7) 10(6.4)
 With separate dish 72(92.3) 146(93.6)
Maternal Knowledge <0.001
 Poor 45(57.7) 48(30.8)
 Fair 18(23.1) 21(13.5)
 Good 15(19.2) 87(55.8)