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Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
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2021
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Research Article
Dietary Diversity Feeding Practice and Its Associated Factors among Infants and Young Children Aged between 6 and 23 Months in Birbir Town, Southern Ethiopia
Table 2
Health-related characteristics of children (
N
= 334).
Variable
Number
Percent
Age of the child (in months)
6–11
132
39.5
12–23 months
202
60.5
Sex
Male
184
55.1
Female
150
44.9
Breastfeeding child at the time of the survey
Yes
317
94.9
No
17
5.1
Birth order
First
148
44.3
Second
106
31.7
Third and above
80
24.0
Birth interval
<24 months
16
8.6
≥24 months
170
91.4
Morbidity for the last 2 weeks
Yes
90
26.9
No
244
73.1
Type of morbidity
Diarrhea
28
31.1
Vomiting
24
26.6
Fever with chills
20
22.2
Other
18
20.1
Child growth monitoring follow-up
Yes
262
78.4
No
72
21.6
Vaccination history
Vaccinated
328
98.2
Not vaccinated
6
1.8