Table 3 Child feeding practices of mothers who had children 6–23 months of age in rural community of Soro district, South Ethiopia, August to September, 2015
Variable | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Ever breastfed | Yes | 541 | 99.6 |
No | 2 | 0.4 | |
Initiation of breast feeding | Immediately within 1st hour | 301 | 55.4 |
After 1st hour | 234 | 43.1 | |
Don’t remember | 8 | 1.5 | |
Prelacteal feeding | Yes | 18 | 3.3 |
No | 525 | 96.7 | |
Ever started any CF | Yes | 485 | 89.3 |
No | 58 | 10.7 | |
Ever started solid,semi solid or soft foods | Yes | 410 | 75.5 |
No | 133 | 24.5 | |
Initiation of liquid foods(cow milk gruel) | Early | 48 | 8.8 |
Timely | 419 | 77.2 | |
Lately | 76 | 14 | |
Initiation of solid, semi solid or soft foods | Early | 4 | 0.7 |
Timely | 186 | 34.3 | |
Lately | 353 | 65 |