Table 2.
Health service utilization among mothers having infants less than 6 months old, and infants related characteristics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 494)
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parity | Prim- Para | 196 | 39.7 |
| Multi-para | 298 | 60.3 | |
| ANC follow-up | No | 5 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 489 | 99.0 | |
| Number of ANC visit | <3 | 49 | 10.0 |
| ≥ 3 | 440 | 90.0 | |
| Place of ANC follow-up | Public health institution | 261 | 53.4 |
| Private health institution | 228 | 46.6 | |
| Place of delivery | Public health institution | 251 | 50.8 |
| Private health institution | 243 | 49.2 | |
| Mode of delivery | Spontaneous/vaginal | 294 | 59.5 |
| Cesarean section | 200 | 40.5 | |
| Age of child (months) | < 2 | 166 | 33.6 |
| 2–3 | 50 | 10.1 | |
| 4–6 | 278 | 56.3 | |
| Sex of the child | Male | 284 | 57.5 |
| Female | 210 | 42.5 | |
| Weight of the child | Under weight | 32 | 6.5 |
| Normal weight | 422 | 85.4 | |
| Over weight | 40 | 8.1 | |
| Timely initiation of breast feeding | Within 1 h | 330 | 66.8 |
| 1 h -1 day | 75 | 15.2 | |
| 1 day-3 days | 69 | 14.0 | |
| Above 3 days | 20 | 4.0 | |
| Pre-lacteal feeding | Yes | 170 | 34.4 |
| No | 324 | 65.6 |
ANC Antenatal care