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Table 2 Health and nutritional characteristics of children aged 6–59 months and their mothers at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019

From: Magnitude of anemia and associated factors among children aged 6–59 months at Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Variables (n = 310)

Categories

n (%)

Initiation of complementary feeding

<  6 months

91 (29.4)

>  6 months

219 (70.6)

Complementary feeding frequency/day

≤ 3

202 (65.2)

> 3

108 (34.8)

Intestinal parasites

Yes

214 (69.0)

No

96 (31.0)

Dietary diversity score

Below 4

186 (60)

4 and above

124 (40)

Fully vaccinated

Yes

273 (88.0)

No

37 (12.0)

Antenatal care follow-up

No visit

48 (15.5)

1–3 visit

184 (59.4)

4 and above

78 (25.1)

Place of delivery

Home

130 (41.9)

Health facility

180 (58.1)

Maternal anemia

Yes

94 (30.3)

No

216 (69.7)

Household food insecurity

Food secure

140 (45.2)

Mildly food insecure

50 (16.1)

Moderately food insecure

78 (25.2)

Severely food insecure

42 (13.5)

Mothers’ meal frequency / day

≤ 3

233 (75.2)

> 3

77 (24.8)