Table 3.

Infant and young child feeding characteristics of child aged 6–23 months old and their counter mother/caregiver in the West Shewa zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2019

Variable	Categories	Residence				Total N 674
		Urban n 340		Rural n 334
		n	%	n	%	N	%
Ever breastfed the child	Yes	340	50⋅4	334	49⋅6	674	100
	No	–		–		–
Early initiation of Exclusive Breastfeeding	Immediately	238	70⋅0	233	69⋅8	471	69⋅9
	After 1 h	28	8⋅2	51	15⋅3	79	11⋅7
	After 2 h	10	2⋅9	14	4⋅2	24	3⋅6
	After more than 2 h	64	18⋅8	36	10⋅8	100	14⋅8
Child started complementary feeding	Yes	340	50⋅4	334	49⋅6	674	100
	No	–		–		–
Gave food 1 d prior to the study at day/night	Yes	340	50⋅4	334	49⋅6	674	100
	No
Daily frequency of food given	Twice	18	5⋅3	57	17⋅1	75	11⋅1
	Three times	106	31⋅2	112	33⋅5	218	32⋅3
	Four or more times	216	63⋅5	165	49⋅6	381	56⋅5
Source of food at the household level	Own production, hunting, gathering, fishing	84	24⋅7	186	55⋅7	270	40⋅1
	Purchased	340	50⋅4	250	74⋅9	590	87⋅5
	Borrowed, bartered, exchanged for labour, gifted	–		5	1⋅5	5	0⋅7
Means of transportation to the market	Vehicle (Taxi, Bajaj)	226	66⋅5	158	47⋅3	384	57⋅0
	Horse, cart	–		24	7⋅2	24	3⋅6
	On foot	213	62⋅6	225	67⋅4	438	65⋅0
Minimum DDS	Achieved	60	17⋅6	116	34⋅7	176	26⋅1
	Not achieved	280	82⋅4	218	65⋅3	498	73⋅9
Minimum meal frequency	≥4 times/d	216	63⋅5	165	49⋅4	381	56⋅5
	<4 times/d	124	36⋅5	169	50⋅6	293	43⋅5