Table 2 Maternal dietary knowledge and practices, child nutritional status and child co-morbidity status
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Dietary knowledge | High knowledge | 328 | 83.0 |
Low knowledge | 67 | 17.0 | |
Currently breastfeeding | Yes | 382 | 96.7 |
No | 13 | 3.3 | |
Early initiation of breastfeeding | Yes | 271 | 68.6 |
No | 124 | 31.4 | |
Exclusively breastfed | Yes | 356 | 92.7 |
No | 28 | 7.3 | |
Minimum meal frequency | Yes | 286 | 72.4 |
No | 109 | 27.6 | |
Minimum dietary diversity | Unmet | 114 | 28.9 |
Met | 281 | 71.1 | |
Stunted | Yes | 98 | 24.9 |
No | 296 | 75.1 | |
Wasted | Yes | 73 | 18.7 |
No | 318 | 81.3 | |
Underweight | Yes | 99 | 25.3 |
No | 293 | 74.7 | |
Child history of sickness in the past 2 weeks | Yes | 129 | 32.7 |
No | 266 | 67.3 |