Table 1.
Infant and young child feeding indicators from major nutrition surveys in Vietnam (1988–2011)
| Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) | Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) | NIN Surveillance | Alive &Thrive | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 (GSO 1989) | 1994 (GSO 1995) | 1997 (GSO 1998) | 2002 (GSO 2003) | 2000 (GSO 2000) | 2006 (GSO 2006) | 2010–2011 (GSO 2011) | 2000 (NIN & UNICEF 2003) | 2002 (NIN & GSO 2003) | 2004 (NIN & GSO 2005) | 2005 (NIN& GSO 2006) | 2010 (NIN et al 2011) | 2010 (4 Provinces) (Nguyen et al. 2010) | 2011 (11 Provinces) (A&T, 2012a) | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Early initiation of breastfeeding | – | 18.0 | 27.9 | 57.0 | – | 57.8 | 39.7 | – | – | 75.2 | – | 61.7 | 58.5 | 50.5 |
| Exclusive breastfeeding under 6 months | – | – | 1.0 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 16.9 | 17.0 | – | – | 12.4 | 12.2 | 19.6 | 18.4 | 20.2 |
| Continued breastfeeding at 1 year | – | – | – | 87.8 | 77.7 | 73.9 | 82.0 | 71.3 | 81.1 | 82.9 | 77.0 | 80.7 | 79.5 | |
| Introduction of solid, semi‐solid or soft foods | – | – | 93.7 | 85.1 | – | 70.4 | 50.4 | – | 82.0 | – | 87.7 | 92.0 | 91.5 | 96.1 |
| Minimum dietary diversity | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71.6 | 74.8 | 82.6 |
| Minimum meal frequency | – | – | – | – | – | 58.5 | – | – | – | – | 85.6 | 80.9 | 94.4 | |
| Minimum acceptable diet | – | – | – | – | – | 41.8 | – | – | – | – | – | 51.7 | 57.0 | 70.9 |
| Consumption of iron‐rich or iron‐fortified foods | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 82.4 | 85.6 | 87.2 |
GSO, General Statistics Office; NIN, National Institute of Nutrition.