Trends and Determinants of Underweight among Children under Five Years in Ethiopia: Further Analysis with Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2005–2016—Multivariate Decomposition Analysis

Table 2

Percentage distribution of nutritional and health characteristics among respondents, 2005, 2011, and 2016 EDHS.

Characteristics		2005; N = 8,123	2011; N = 9,496	2016; N = 8,755
Stunting status	Stunted	47.41	43.77	38.48
	Not stunted	52.59	56.23	61.52
Ever had vaccination	Yes	61.28	76.14	65.63
	No	38.72	23.86	34.37
Place of delivery	Home	94.74	90.36	73.33
	H Institution	5.26	9.64	26.67
Duration of breastfeeding	Ever breastfed	50.11	52.38	51.30
	Never breastfed	4.27	3.64	5.25
	Still breastfed	45.61	43.95	43.45
Received vitamin A	Yes	45.93	52.38	35.76
	No	45.93	47.62	64.24
Number of antenatal care visits during pregnancy	0	70.53	57.28	35.98
	1–3	16.61	23.62	31.97
	4+	12.56	19.11	32.06
Last birth by cesarean section	Yes	0.96	1.18	1.83
	No	99.04	98.82	98.17
Anemic level of respondents	Anemic	29.47	18.54	30.16
	Nonanemic	70.53	81.46	69.83