Table 3 Nutritional, lifestyle, and behavioral characteristics of mothers who gave birth at Public Hospitals in North Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, central Ethiopia, June 15 to July 30, 2021(n = 441)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Food security status | ||
 Food secured | 363 | 82.3 |
 Food insecured | 78 | 17.7 |
Engaged in physically demanding work | ||
 Yes | 116 | 26.3 |
 No | 325 | 73.7 |
Exposed to intimate partner violence | ||
 Yes | 100 | 22.7 |
 No | 341 | 77.3 |
MUAC | ||
  < 23 cm | 79 | 17.9 |
  ≥ 23 cm | 362 | 82.1 |
Ever drunk alcohol during the current pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 198 | 44.9 |
 No | 243 | 55.1 |
Took iron tablets during the current pregnancy | ||
 No | 109 | 24.7 |
  < 60 | 114 | 25.9 |
 60–90 | 218 | 49.4 |
Have you been exposed to people smoking in the surroundings | ||
 Yes | 62 | 14.1 |
 No | 379 | 85.9 |
Did you take an additional diet during the current pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 214 | 48.5 |
 No | 227 | 51.5 |
Have you counselled on nutrition during the current pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 269 | 61.0 |
 No | 172 | 39.0 |
Did you fast during the current pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 206 | 46.7 |
 No | 235 | 53.3 |
Have you taken herbal medicine during the current pregnancy | ||
 Yes | 49 | 11.1 |
 No | 392 | 88.9 |
Haemoglobin level | ||
  < 11 g/dl | 45 | 89.8 |
  ≥ 11 g/dl | 396 | 10.2 |