Prevalence of Stunting and Its Associated Factors among Children of 6–59 Months in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS), Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Morbidity, health care, feeding, and environmental characteristics of study participant in Arba Minch HDSS, Southern Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Child birth outcome	Single	642	98.2
	Multiple	12	1.8
Child illness 2 weeks preceding survey	No	560	85.6
	Yes	94	14.4
Number of ANC follow up	No follow up	73	11.2
	Once	10	1.5
	Twice	72	11
	Three times	228	34.9
	Four times	271	41.4
Place of delivery	Home	371	56.7
	Health facility	283	43.3
Postnatal care	No	203	31
	Yes	451	69
Breast feeding	Yes	625	95.6
	No	29	4.4
Bottle feeding	Yes	393	60.1
	No	261	39.9
Complimentary feeding practice	Early	254	38.8
	Timely	101	15.4
	Late	299	45.7
Dietary diversity	≥4 food groups	324	49.5
	<4 food group	330	50.5
Source of drinking water	Improved	539	82.4
	Unimproved	115	17.6
Latrine availability	Yes	622	95.1
	No	32	4.9
Waste disposal	Burning	243	37.2
	Open field	175	26.8
	Pit	236	36.1