Table 2.
Caregivers’ healthcare service utilization and IYCF in Chelia District, West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 631)
| Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers received information about IYCF during their last ANC visit | Yes | 379 | 60.1 |
| No | 252 | 39.9 | |
| Place of delivery | Hospital | 148 | 24.9 |
| Health center | 293 | 49.3 | |
| Private clinic | 22 | 3.7 | |
| At home | 131 | 22.1 | |
| Mothers received information about IYCF during their last PNC Service | Yes | 190 | 30.1 |
| No | 441 | 69.9 | |
| Had information on IYCF | Yes | 347 | 55.0 |
| No | 284 | 45.0 | |
| Sources of information about IYCF | School | 43 | 12.4 |
| Friends/Relatives | 52 | 15 | |
| Health institutions | 50 | 14.4 | |
| HEW | 128 | 36.9 | |
| Mass media | 74 | 21.3 | |
| Average age at which infant start complementary feeding | 4-6 months | 345 | 54.6 |
| After 6 months | 286 | 45.4 | |
| Distance from market in hours | < 1 h | 354 | 56.1 |
| 1-2 h | 210 | 33.3 | |
| > 2 h | 67 | 10.6 | |
| Average time taken to feed child yesterday in minutes | ≤30 min | 335 | 53.0 |
| > 30 min | 296 | 47.0 | |
| Average time for child food preparation yesterday in minutes | ≤ 30 min | 259 | 41.0 |
| > 30 min | 372 | 59.0 | |
| Household-wealth status | Low | 358 | 56.7 |
| Medium | 209 | 33.1 | |
| High | 64 | 10.2 | |
| Food preference | Solid | 338 | 53.6 |
| Semi-solid | 190 | 30.1 | |
| Liquid | 103 | 16.3 | |
| Meal frequency | ≤ 3 | 355 | 56.3 |
| ≥ 4 | 276 | 43.7 |
ANC: Antenatal Care; PNC: Postnatal Care; IYCF: Infant and Young Child Feeding