Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Sex of a child | Male | 384 | 59.1 |
Female | 266 | 40.9 | |
Weight of a child at birth | Small | 350 | 53.8 |
Average | 220 | 33.8 | |
>average | 50 | 12.4 | |
Gestational age of a child | extremely preterm(less than 28 weeks) | 96 | 14.8 |
Very preterm(between 28 and 32 weeks) | 345 | 53.08 | |
Late preterm (between 32 and 37 weeks) | 209 | 32.2 | |
Residence area | Rural | 420 | 64.6 |
Urban | 230 | 35.4 | |
Working Status of a child | yes | 330 | 50.8 |
no | 320 | 49.2 | |
Birth order of a child | first | 165 | 25.4 |
2–4 | 345 | 50.1 | |
> 4 | 140 | 21.5 | |
Admission status | New | 465 | 71.5 |
Readmission | 185 | 28.5 | |
Malnutrition category of a child | Stunted (height to age) | 425 | 65.4 |
Wasted (weight to age) | 120 | 18.5 | |
Under-weight (height to weight) | 105 | 16.1 | |
Breast feeding history | yes | 455 | 70.0 |
no | 195 | 30.0 | |
Additional disease | yes | 455 | 70.0 |
no | 195 | 30.0 | |
Parent’s level of education | No education | 145 | 22.3 |
Primary | 305 | 46.9 | |
Secondary and above | 200 | 30.8 | |
Mother’s stature | Normal | 95 | 14.6 |
Short | 555 | 85.4 | |
Mother’s age | 15–24 | 153 | 23.5 |
25–34 | 150 | 23.1 | |
35–44 | 178 | 27.4 | |
> = 45 | 169 | 26 | |
Mother’s occupation | Household wife | 153 | 23.5 |
Gov’t employee | 328 | 50.5 | |
Private | 169 | 26 | |
Mother’s marital status | Married | 203 | 31.2 |
others | 447 | 68.8 | |
HH monthly income(ETB) | < 500 | 153 | 23.5 |
500–1000 | 228 | 35.1 | |
> 1000 | 269 | 41.4 | |
Age ranges between children | < 2 years | 197 | 69.7 |
= > 2 years | 453 | 30.3 | |
Family size in HH | < 5 | 153 | 23.5 |
6–10 | 228 | 35.1 | |
> 10 | 269 | 41.4 | |
No of under-five children in HH | 1 | 133 | 20.5 |
2 | 248 | 38.2 | |
> = 3 | 269 | 41.4 | |
Type of toilet HH used | Improved | 352 | 54.2 |
traditional | 298 | 45.8 | |
Source of improved drinking water | yes | 402 | 69.5 |
no | 198 | 30.5 | |
Type of cooking fuel | Moderate | 340 | 52.3 |
traditional | 310 | 47.7 | |
Whether there is any other malnutrition in the HH | yes | 352 | 54.2 |
no | 298 | 45.8 | |
Appetite test | Pass | 54 | 8.3 |
fail | 458 | 70.5 | |
Not recorded | 138 | 21.2 |