Table 2.
Child socio-demographic, feeding and health status living in Wolaita District, South Ethiopia, 2015 (N = 605)
| Variable | Residence | Total (frequency (%)) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban (frequency (%)) | Rural (frequency (%)) | |||
| Sex of the child | Male | 96 (50.0) | 211 (51.09) | 307 (50.7) |
| Female | 96 (50.0) | 202 (48.51) | 298 (49.3) | |
| Age of the child | Toddler (1-3 years) | 90 (46.88) | 223 (53.00) | 313 (51.74) |
| Preschool (3-5 years) | 102 (52.12) | 190 (47.00) | 292 (48.26) | |
| Order of birth for the child | First child | 45 (23.44) | 179 (43.34) | 224 (37.0) |
| Second | 53 (27.6) | 99 (23.97) | 152 (25.1) | |
| Third and forth | 52 (27.08) | 88 (21.31) | 140 (23.1) | |
| Above 5th | 42 (21.88) | 47 (11.38) | 89 (14.7) | |
| Ever breast feed | Yes | 188 (97.92) | 411 (99.51) | 599 (99.00) |
| No | 4 (2.08) | 2 (0.49) | 6 (1.00) | |
| Time to initiating breast feed from delivery (N = 599) | Within 1 h | 108 (56.84) | 290 (70.39) | 398 (66.11) |
| Above 24 h | 21 (11.06) | 26 (6.31) | 47 (7.81) | |
| Within 24 h | 61 (32.11) | 96 (23.30) | 157 (26.08) | |
| Currently on Breast Feeding (N = 599) | Yes | 69 (36.51) | 165 (40.24) | 234 (39.07) |
| No | 120 (63.49) | 245 (59.76) | 365 (60.93) | |
| Initiation of complementary feeding (N = 599) | Early initiation (< 6 months) | 3 (1.59) | 19 (4.63) | 22 (3.67) |
| At 6 months | 151 (79.89) | 341 (83.17) | 492 (82.14) | |
| Late initiation (> 6 months) | 35 (18.52) | 50 (12.20) | 85 (14.19) | |
| Was child sick in the past 2 weeks | Yes | 52 (27.08) | 91 (22.03) | 143 (23.6) |
| No | 140 (72.92) | 322 (77.97) | 462 (76.4) | |
| Fully immunized | Yes | 179 (93.23) | 399 (96.61) | 578 (95.5) |
| No | 13 (6.77) | 14 (3.39) | 27 (4.5) | |
| Medical problem of child | Yes | 3 (1.56) | 3 (0.73) | 6 (1.0) |
| No | 189 (98.44) | 410 (99.27) | 599 (99.0) | |
| History of accident | Yes | 2 (1.04) | 6 (1.45) | 8 (1.3) |
| No | 190 (98.96) | 407 (98.55) | 597 (98.68) | |
| Place of delivery | Home with relatives | 81 (42.19) | 91 (22.03) | 172 (28.4) |
| Home with traditional birth attendant | 26 (13.54) | 19 (4.6) | 45 (7.4) | |
| Government health facility | 83 (43.23) | 283 (68.52) | 366 (60.5) | |
| Private health facility | 2 (1.04) | 20 (4.84) | 22 (3.6) | |
| Type of delivery (N = 388) | Spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) | 68 (80.00) | 258 (85.71) | 326 (84.46) |
| Cesarean section (CS) | 6 (7.06) | 17 (5.65) | 23 (5.96) | |
| Instrumental delivery | 10 (11.76) | 26 (8.64) | 36 (9.33) | |
| Was the child term at delivery | Yes | 190 (98.96) | 411 (99.52) | 601 (99.34) |
| No | 2 (1.04) | 2 (0.48) | 4 (0.66) | |
| Maternal medical complication | Yes | 23 (11.98) | 38 (9.20) | 61 (10.08) |
| No | 169 (88.02) | 375 (90.80) | 544 (89.92) | |
| Anti-natal care (ANC) follow up | Yes | 141 (73.44) | 351 (84.99) | 492 (81.3) |
| No | 51 (26.56) | 62 (15.01) | 113 (18.68) | |
| Dietary food frequency | > = 3 | 107 (55.73) | 331 (80.15) | 438 (72.4) |
| < 3 | 85 (44.27) | 82 (19.85) | 167 (27.6) | |
| Dietary diversity score | > = 4 | 79 (41.15) | 282 (68.28) | 361 (59.67) |
| < 4 | 113 (58.85) | 131 (31.72) | 244 (40.33) | |