Introduction
Methods
Study design, period and area
Source population and study population
Sample size and sampling procedure
Data collection procedures and tools
Data quality control
Variable measurnemts
Data processing and analysis
Results
Socio-demographic characteristics
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
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Age of the mother in year
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18–24 | 101 | 10.1 |
25–30 | 277 | 34.1 |
31–35 | 191 | 23.5 |
≥ 36 | 261 | 32.3 |
Religion
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Orthodox | 608 | 75 |
Muslim | 111 | 13.7 |
Protestants | 60 | 7.4 |
Catholic | 32 | 3.9 |
Marital status
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Married | 631 | 77.8 |
Un married | 180 | 22.2 |
Maternal educational status
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Unable to read and write | 116 | 14.3 |
Able to read and write | 182 | 22.4 |
primary school | 129 | 15.9 |
Secondary school | 177 | 21.8 |
Diploma and above | 207 | 25.5 |
Occupation of the mother
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House wife | 349 | 43 |
Merchant | 252 | 31.1 |
Government | 123 | 15.2 |
NGO | 11 | 1.4 |
Daily labor | 43 | 5.3 |
Student | 33 | 4.1 |
Caregiver relation to the child
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Grandmother | 71 | 8.8 |
Mother | 740 | 91.2 |
Educational status of the Father
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Unable to read and write | 54 | 6.7 |
Able to read and write | 160 | 19.7 |
Primary school | 140 | 17.3 |
Secondary school | 178 | 21.9 |
Certificate and Diploma | 127 | 15.7 |
Degree and above | 152 | 18.7 |
Father’s Occupation
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Merchant | 446 | 55 |
Government employee | 184 | 22.7 |
NGO | 22 | 2.7 |
Farmer | 89 | 11 |
Daily laborer | 53 | 6.5 |
Student | 17 | 2.1 |
Child, household, and community-related characteristics
Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
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Age of the Child
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6–11 months | 249 | 30.7 |
12–17 months | 297 | 36.6 |
18–23 months | 265 | 32.7 |
Sex of the child
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Female | 404 | 49.8 |
Male | 407 | 50.2 |
Birth Order
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First | 284 | 35 |
Second to fourth | 496 | 61.2 |
4th and above | 31 | 3.8 |
Number of under five children
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One | 609 | 75.1 |
Two | 186 | 22.9 |
Three and above | 16 | 2.0 |
Family Size
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<=4 | 485 | 59.8 |
> 4 | 326 | 40.2 |
Residence
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Urban | 685 | 84.5 |
Rural | 126 | 15.5 |
Household wealth status
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Poor | 271 | 33.4 |
Middle | 270 | 33.3 |
Rich | 270 | 33.3 |
Media exposure
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Unsatisfactory | 142 | 17.5 |
satisfactory | 669 | 82.5 |
Home Gardening
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No | 724 | 89.7 |
Yes | 87 | 10.7 |
Current breastfeed
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No | 81 | 10 |
Yes | 730 | 90 |
Complementary feeding
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No | 187 | 23.1 |
Yes | 624 | 76.9 |
Child, and health care level related characteristics
Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
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ANC Visits
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No | 37 | 4.6 |
Yes | 774 | 95.4 |
Number of ANC Visits
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None | 37 | 4.6 |
One to three times | 280 | 34.5 |
Four and above visits | 494 | 60.9 |
Obtained infant feeding Information during ANC
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No | 232 | 28.6 |
Yes | 579 | 71.4 |
Place of Birth
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Home | 38 | 4.7 |
Health facilities | 773 | 95.3 |
PNC Visits
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No | 91 | 11.2 |
Yes | 720 | 88.8 |
Obtained infant feeding Information during PNC
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No | 259 | 31.4 |
Yes | 552 | 68.6 |
GMP service
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No | 311 | 38.3 |
Yes | 500 | 61.7 |
Prevalence of unhealthy food consumption
Factors associated with unhealthy food consumption
Variables | Unhealthy food consumption | COR [95% CI] | AOR [95%CI] | |
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Yes | No | |||
Age of mothers in years
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18–24 | 50(61%) | 32(39%) | 1.32(0.79, 2.27) | 0.85(0.45, 1.61) |
25–30 | 172(62.1%) | 105(37.9%) | 1.26(0.89, 1.80) | 1.01(0.65, 1.57) |
31–35 | 119(62.3%) | 72(37.7%) | 1.25(0.85, 1.85) | 0.84(0.53, 1.35) |
≥ 36 | 176(67.4%) | 85(32.6%) | 1 | 1 |
Maternal education
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Unable to read &write | 56(48.3%) | 60(51.7%) | 2.89(1.79, 4.65) | 1.89(1.05, 3.69)* |
Read and write | 113(62.1%) | 69(37.9%) | 1.65(1.07, 2.53) | 1.16(0.65, 2.08)) |
Primary school | 81(62.8%) | 48(37.2%) | 1.60(0.99, 2.56) | 1.39(0.76, 2.55) |
Secondary school | 116(65.5%) | 61(34.5%) | 1.42(0.92,2.19) | 1.37(0.80, 2.37) |
Diploma and above | 151(72.9%) | 56(27.1%) | 1 | 1 |
Mother’s Occupation
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House wife | 187(53.6%) | 162(46.4%) | 1 | 1 |
Merchant | 178(70.6%) | 74(29.4%) | 0.48(0.34, 0.68) | 0.39(0.29, 0.47)) |
Government Employee | 94(76.4%) | 29(23.6%0 | 0.36(0.22, 0.57) | 0.33(0.19, 0.43) |
Daily labor | 32(74.4%) | 11(25.6%) | 0.40(0.19, 0.81) | 0.35(0.21,0.53) |
Students | 17(51.5%) | 16(45.5%) | 1.09(0.53, 2.22) | 0.89(0.72, 0.89) |
NGO | 9(81.8%) | 2(18.2%) | 0.26(0.06, 1.20) | 0.18(0.05, 0.87) |
Father’s education
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Unable to read &write | 25(46.3%) | 29(53.7%) | 2.51(1.33, 4.74) | 0.94(0.35, 2.54) |
Read and write | 97(60.6%) | 63(39.4%) | 1.41(0.88, 2.24) | 0.52(0.24, 1.12) |
Primary school | 88(62.9%) | 52(37.1%) | 1.28(0.79, 2.08) | 0.77(0.39, 1.52) |
Secondary school | 117(65.7%) | 61(34.3%) | 1.13(0.71, 1.79) | 0.85(0.45, 1.87) |
Diploma | 86(67.3%) | 41(32.3%) | 1.03(0.62, 1.71) | 0.90(0.49, 2.04) |
Degree and above | 104(68.4%) | 48(31.6%) | 1 | 1 |
Age of the child
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6–11 months | 151(58.1%) | 109(41.9%) | 1 | |
12–17 months | 200(63.5%) | 115(36.5%) | 0.79(0.57,1.12) | 0.71(0.39, 1.09) |
18–23 months | 166(70.3%) | 70(29.7%) | 0.58(0.40,0.85) | 0.53(0.34, 0.74)* |
Family size
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≤ 4 families | 296(61%) | 189(39%) | 1 | 1 |
> 4 families | 221(67.8%) | 105(32.2%) | 1.34(1.21, 1.82) | 1.22(1.07, 2.78)* |
Residence
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Urban | 500(72.2%) | 193(27.8%) | 5.39(3.97, 9.41) | 4.55(3.61, 7.78)* |
Rural | 17(14.4%) | 101(85.6%) | 1 | 1 |
PNC
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No | 157(57.9%) | 114(42.1%) | 1.45(1.07, 1.96) | 0.96(0.65, 1.43) |
Yes | 360(66.7%) | 180(33.3%) | 1 | 1 |
GMP Service
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No | 164(52.9%) | 147(42.1%) | 2.15(1.60, 2.89) | 2.07(1.48, 3.18)* |
Yes | 353(70.6%) | 147(29.4%) | 1 | 1 |
Wealth index
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Poor | 159(58.7%) | 112(41.3%) | 1.01(0.72, 1.42) | 0.79(0.52, 1.22) |
Middle | 199(73.7%) | 71(26.3%) | 0.51(0.36, 0.74) | 0.42(0.33, 0.71) |
Rich | 159(58.9%) | 111(41.1%) | 1 | 1 |
Media exposure
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Unsatisfactory | 45(31.7%) | 97(68.3%) | 5.17(3.49, 7.63) | 4.07(3.25, 6.96) |
Satisfactory | 472(70.6%) | 197(29.4%) | 1 | 1 |