Determinants of Acute Malnutrition among Under-Five Children in Governmental Health Facilities in Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study

Table 3

Child caring and feeding practice of parents, 2021.

Variable	Categories	Case	Control	Total
Duration on exclusive breastfeeding	<6 months	111 (83.5%)	98 (36.8%)	209 (52.4%)
	>6 months	6 (4.5%)	14 (5.3%)	20 (5%)
	At six months	16 (12%)	154 (57.9%)	170 (42.6%)
Bottle feeding	Yes	89 (66.9%)	168 (63.2%)	257 (64.4%)
Give colostrum for the child	No	97 (72.9%)	112 (42.1%)	209 (52.4%)
Separate feeding plate	No	50 (37.6%)	113 (42.5%)	163 (40.9%)
Handwash before feeding the child	No	42 (31.6%)	54 (20.3%)	96 (24.1%)
Dietary diversity	Inadequate	103 (77.4%)	88 (33.1%)	191 (47.9%)
Household food insecurity	Food insecure	117 (88%)	124 (46.6%)	241 (60.4%)