Determinants of Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Public Health Facilities of Pastoralist Community, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia: A Case Control Study

Table 3

Characteristics of the mothers of cases and controls from Dubti District, Afar Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia, January 2014 (cases: and controls: ).

Variables	Profile	Cases, (%)	Controls, (%)
Age of the mother (in years)	16–25	24 (17.1)	78 (27.9)
	26–35	75 (53.6)	165 (58.9)
	36–45	41 (29.3)	37 (13.2)
Extra food taken	Yes	55 (39.3)	136 (48.6)
	No	85 (60.7)	144 (51.4)
Antenatal care follow-up	Yes	69 (49.3)	205 (73.2)
	No	71 (50.7)	75 (26.8)
Number of ANC visits	One	5 (7.2)	3 (1.5)
	Two	7 (10.1)	14 (6.8)
	Three	30 (43.5)	72 (35.1)
	Above three	27 (39.1)	116 (56.6)