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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and feeding practice of under-five children in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system: Dabat district North West Ethiopia 2017

From: Parent’s food preference and its implication for child malnutrition in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system; community-based survey using multinomial logistic regression model: North West Ethiopia; December 2017

Variable

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Remark

Sex

Male

3413

49.50

 

Female

3483

50.50

 

Age

6–12 months

1025

14.95

 

13–18 months

728

10.43

 

19–24 months

794

11.54

 

25–30 months

726

10.39

 

31–36 months

809

11.74

 

37–42 months

657

9.57

 

43–50 months

2157

31.39

 

Birth order

First birth

1322

19.17

 

Second birth

1, 141

16.54

 

Third birth

1, 055

15.29

 

Fourth birth

1021

14.82

 

Fifth and above

2357

34.17

 

Birth interval

One year

235

3.41

 

Two years

1429

20.72

 

Three years

2605

37.78

 

Fourth years

1229

17.82

 

Five year

1398

20.27

 

Source of food items

Garden

5119

74.23

 

Market

1777

25.77

 

Available food items

Fruit and vegetables

2276

32.53

 

All types of meat

5432

77.63

 

Egg and milk

4750

67.89

 

Cereal and grains

6797

97.14

 

Root and tubers

247

3.53

 

Relation of caregivers

Mother

6589

95.55

 

Grandmother

218

3.15

 

Father and other relatives

89

2.22

 

Preparation of child food

Separately for children

1624

23.55

 

With adults

5272

76.45

 

Child feeding practice

Alone

4205

60.97

 

With older children

967

14.02

 

With adults

1678

24.33

 

Before adults and older children

9

0.13

 

After adults and older children

37

0.54

 

a distance of the nearby market

1–4 km

1350

75.99

 

5–10 km

49

2.79

 

11–20 km

109

6.11

 

≥21 km

269

15.10

 

Frequency of food buying

Daily

45

2

 

2–3 times per week

172

7.6

 

Weekly

574

25.3

 

One in two weeks

332

14.66

 

Once per month

1022

45.1

 

Once in four months

122

5.4

 

Means of transportation to market

Foot

1770

99.60

 

Public transport

7

0.40

 

Maternal education

Unable to read and write

4794

69.52

 

Primary education

1406

20.39

 

Secondary and above

696

10.09

 

Residence

Rural

5507

79.86

 

Urban

1389

20.14

 

Ethnicity

Amhara

5470

79.33

 

Tigery

1176

17.05

 

Others

250

3.62

 

Religion

Orthodox

5599

81.20

 

Muslim

1176

17.05

 

Others

121

1.75

 

Maternal Occupation

Farmer

4689

68.00

 

Merchant/employed

234

3.39

 

Housewife

1514

21.96

 

Others

459

6.65

 

Marital status

Married

5950

86.29

 

No married

638

9.24

 

Separated /divorced

308

4.47