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. 2020 Sep 3;2020:3746354. doi: 10.1155/2020/3746354

Table 2.

Maternal and child health service utilization and child feeding practice in Dabat HDSS site, Dabat district, North West Ethiopia: April 2019.

Variables Category Frequency Percentage
ANC visit during last pregnancy Yes 4650 65.86
No 2,411 34.14

No. of ANC visit One visit 251 5.4
Two visits 870 18.7
Three visits 1,682 36.18
Four visits 1,374 29.56
Five and above 472 10.16

Place of ANC visit during last pregnancy Hospital 472 10.57
Health center 4,075 87.63
Others 83 1.80

TT vaccine during last pregnancy Yes 3,578 76.95
No 953 20.50
Do not remember 119 2.54

Iron supplementation during last pregnancy Yes 4,115 88.49
No 535 11.51

Vit A supp. during last pregnancy Yes 373 8.02
No 4277 91.98

Place of delivery during the last pregnancy Home 4,929 69.81
Health post 66 0.94
Health center 1,705 24.15
Hospital 269 3.80
Others 92 1.30

PNC service during last pregnancy Yes 0 0
No 7,061 100.00

Child vaccinated Yes 6,755 95.67
No 306 4.33

BCG vaccine Yes 5,287 78.27
No 1,468 21.73

Polio 0 Yes 2,089 30.92
No 4,666 69.08

Polio 1 Yes 6,452 95.52
No 303 4.48

Polio 2 Yes 6,229 92.01
No 526 7.99

Polio 3 Yes 5,487 81.23
No 1,268 18.77

Penta1 Yes 6,229 92.21
No 526 7.79

Penta2 Yes 6,031 89.28
No 724 10.72

Penta3 Yes 5,155 76.31
No 1,600 23.69

Rota 1 Yes 2,621 38.80
No 4,134 61.20

Rota 2 Yes 2,374 35.15
No 4,381 64.85

Rota 3 Yes 1,178 17.44
No 5,577 82.56

PCV1 Yes 3,746 55.45
No 3,009 44.55

PCV2 Yes 3,615 53.51
No 3,140 46.49

PCV3 Yes 3,206 47.46
No 3,549 52.54

Measles Yes 4,318 63.92
No 2,437 36.08

Vit A in the last 12 months Yes 3,649 54.01
No 2,982 44.15
Not remembered 124 1.84

Deworming in the last 6 months Yes 2,616 37.05
No 4,356 61.69
Not remembered 89 1.26

Ever breast feeding Yes 6,957 98.53
No 86 1.22
Not remembered 17 0.25

History of initiation of BF Within one hr 4,136 58.58
1-24 hrs 1,806 25.58
After 24 hrs 1,045 14.79
Do not remember 74 1.05

Fate of colostrum Given for baby 4,828 68.37
Discoursed 2,093 29.64
Not remembered 140 1.99

History of prelacteal feeding No 5,796 82.08
Yes 1,189 16.84
Do no remembered 76 1.08

Period of exclusive BF <6 months 541 7.67
6 months 4,191 59.35
7-12 months 2,141 30.32
>1 year 188 2.66

Currently on BF Yes 3,783 53.57
No 3,278 46.43

Period of BF ≤1 year 670 9.49
13-23 months 834 11.81
Two years 2,231 31.60
>2 years 3,326 47.10

Age at introduction of supplementary food Before 6 months 670 9.49
At 6 months 4,035 57.14
7-11 months 991 14.04
At one year 1,135 16.07
After one year 230 3.26

Frequency of eating per 24 hrs of the last day 1-2 times 959 13.58
3 times 2,243 31.77
4 times 1,979 28.03
>5 times 1,879 26.61

Ways of child feeding Alone 1,662 23.54
With family 5,399 76.46

Ways of child food preparation With adult's food 1,1719 24.34
With old children's food 990 14.02
Alone 4,305 60.97
After adult's food 38 0.54
Before old children's food 9 0.13