Variable | Category | % (Number) |
Total |
| 100.0 (341) |
Gender | Male | 58.1 (198) |
Female | 41.9 (143) | |
Age group in months | <6 | 56.6 (193) |
≥6 | 43.3 (148) | |
Mean Age in months (SD) |
| 4.8 (3.6) |
Mother’s age in years | >20 | 17.3 (58) |
21 - 30 | 66.6 (223) | |
31 - 40 | 14.6 (49) | |
41 - 45 | 1.5 (5) | |
Level of education of parent | Primary | 22.6 (77) |
Secondary/high school | 65.4 (223) | |
University | 12.0 (41) | |
Occupation of mother | Employee | 17.9(61) |
Unemployed | 38.1 (130) | |
Business | 27.9 (95) | |
Farmer | 16.1 (55) | |
Family size | 1 - 3 | 49.4 (166) |
4 - 6 | 35.1 (118) | |
>6 | 15.5 (52) | |
Feeding methods of children | Exclusive breastfeeding | 69.2 (236) |
Mixed feeding | 30.8 (105) | |
Malnutrition | Undernutrition | 61.0 (208) |
Undernutrition indices | Wasting | 19.6 (313) |
Stunting | 10.0 (34) | |
Underweight | 53.1 (181) |