Child Feeding Practices and Their Correlates in Ethiopia
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2003-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The 2000 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data are employed
to asses correlates of child feeding practices, and nutritional status of child using
logistic regression model. Breast-feeding is nearly universal about 81 of
children aged 0 - 36 months were breast-feeding at the time the study but the
introduction of complementary foods much to early, only 54 percent of the index
children under the age of 6 months are exclusively breast-fed. The first milk
(colostrums) is an ideal food for newly born child and the children should fed but
less than 50 percent (46.8%) were fed colostrums. Breast milk is not sufficient for
children after 6 months of age and additional food should be given; however,
42.5 percent of the study children aged 6 and months received
complementary foods The study also found that 54 percent of children were
stunted.
There is considerable variation in the prevalence of malnutrition by region.
malnutrition where as Addis Ababa and Diredawa have the lowest prevalence of
malnutrition.
The result of logistic analysis found the selected demographic and socioeconomic
factors that have the significant effect on child feeding and child
malnutrition. Predictors of child feeding variables include maternal education,place of delivery and mothers' age, and predictors of child malnutrition in Ethiopia
are chi ld 's bi rth interval, mothers' education, number of other under five children
within a household, region and chil d feeding practices. Children of longer birth
interval are less likely to be malnourished. Children whose mother are more
educated and ch ildren who live in Addis Ababa are tend to be better nourished
than other children. Sex of child had no effect on chi ld malnutrition even though
female ch ildren are somewhat more malnourished than male children of their
counterpart
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Child Feeding, Correlates in Ethiopia