Research Article
Household Food Insecurity and Its Association with Nutritional Status of Children 6–59 Months of Age in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia
Table 4
Child caring practice in East Badawacho District, Hadiya zone, South Ethiopia, February 2014.
| Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
| Breastfeed | Yes | 419 | 84.5 | No | 77 | 15.5 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Initiation of BF | Immediately | 218 | 52.0 | Hours | 166 | 39.6 | Days | 35 | 8.4 | Total | 419 | 100.0 |
| Feed colostrum | Yes | 270 | 64.4 | No | 149 | 35.6 | Total | 419 | 100.0 |
| Continuation of BF | 12–23 months | 187 | 44.6 | <11 months | 117 | 27.9 | >24 months | 115 | 27.4 | Total | 419 | 100.0 |
| Prelacteal feeding | No | 415 | 83.7 | Yes | 81 | 16.3 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Initiation of CF | 6–8 months | 367 | 74.0 | <5 months | 100 | 20.2 | >9 months | 29 | 5.8 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Frequency of feeding | <3 times | 323 | 65.1 | ≥4 times | 173 | 34.9 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Wash your hands feeding the child | Yes | 472 | 95.2 | No | 24 | 4.8 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Bath taking of the child | Daily | 348 | 70.2 | Weekly | 148 | 29.8 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Taking care of the baby feeding | Mother | 450 | 90.7 | Sister | 24 | 4.8 | Grand mother | 13 | 2.6 | Housemaid | 9 | 1.8 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Immunization status | Yes | 453 | 91.3 | No | 43 | 8.7 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
| Vitamin A | Yes | 441 | 88.9 | No | 55 | 11.1 | Total | 496 | 100 |
| Deworming | Yes | 286 | 57.7 | No | 210 | 42.3 | Total | 496 | 100.0 |
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