Minimum Meal Frequency Practice and Its Associated Factors among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Amibara District, North East Ethiopia

Table 3

Breastfeeding and meal frequency practice among children aged 6–23 months in Amibara district, North East Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 364).

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Prelacteal feeding	Yes	138	37.9
	No	226	62.1
Currently breastfeeding	Yes	262	72
	No	102	28
Child history of illness in the past 2 weeks	Yes	109	29.9
	No	255	70.1
Timely initiation of breastfeeding	Yes	239	65.7
	No	125	34.3
Minimum meal frequency 6–8 months and currently breastfeeding meal >2 times	Yes	53	91.4
	No	5	8.6
Minimum meal frequency 9–23 months and currently breastfeeding meal >3 times	Yes	164	80.4
	No	40	19.6
Minimum meal frequency 6–23 months and currently not breastfeeding meal >4 times	Yes	35	34.3
	No	67	65.7
Overall minimum meal frequency (number of minimum meals for their age)	Yes	252	69
	No	112	31