Table 3 Summary of the prevalence of malnutrition and indicators of child feeding practices
Variable or indicator | Reference | No. of Studies | Sample size | Reported prevalence | Summary prevalencea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P(95%CI) | I2(%) | P(95%CI) | I2(%) | ||||
Stunting | Abdulahi (2017) [4] | 18 | 39,585 | 42 (37–46) | 98.5 | 42 (37–46) | 98.5 |
Underweight | Abdulahi (2017) [4] | 17 | 28,169 | 33 (27–39) | 99.0 | 33 (27–39) | 99.0 |
Wasting | Abdulahi (2017) [4] | 16 | 30,658 | 15 (12–19) | 98.9 | 15 (12–19) | 98.9 |
Timely breastfeeding initiation | Habtewold (2018) [21] | 45 | 47,858 | 67 (62–71) | 99.0 | 65 (65–66) | 1.9 |
Alebel (2017) [18] | 16 | 18,870 | 61 (51–72) | 99.4 | |||
Exclusive breastfeeding | Habtewold (2018) [21] | 40 | 25,816 | 60 (56–65) | 98.0 | 60 (59–60) | 0.0 |
Alebel (2018) [19] | 32 | 23,543 | 59 (54–65) | 98.7 | |||
Timely complementary feeding initiation | Habtewold (2018) [21] | 21 | 55,000 | 63 (57–68) | 97.0 | 62 (61–63) | 4.1 |
Abdurahman (2019) [17] | 14 | 17,383 | 61 (52–70) | 98.5 | |||
Minimum dietary diversity | Abdurahman (2019) [17] | 19 | 17, 383 | 18 (11–25) | 99.5 | 20 (19–21) | 2.8 |
Temesgen (2019) [23] | 14 | 13,531 | 23 (18–29) | 98.8 | |||
Minimum meal frequency | Abdurahman (2019) [17] | 14 | 17, 383 | 56 (45–66) | 99.2 | 56 (45–66) | 99.2 |
Minimum acceptable diet | Abdurahman (2019) [17] | 8 | 17, 383 | 10 (07–14) | 91.5 | 10 (07–14) | 91.5 |