Table 2 Feeding practices and health service utilization in rural eastern zone, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 803)
Variable | Alternatives | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Parity | Primi | 199 | 24.8 |
Multipara | 604 | 75.2 | |
Gestational age | Preterm | 12 | 1.5 |
Term | 777 | 96.8 | |
Post term | 14 | 1.7 | |
Pregnancy | Intended | 648 | 80.7 |
Unintended | 39 | 4.9 | |
Mistimed | 116 | 14.4 | |
Complication during pregnancy | Presence | 50 | 6.2 |
Absence | 753 | 93.8 | |
Place of delivery | Home | 42 | 5.2 |
Health institution | 761 | 94.8 | |
Mode of delivery | Cesarean section | 28 | 3.5 |
Vaginal delivery | 775 | 96.5 | |
Duration of labor | < 12 h | 673 | 83.8 |
≥ 12 h | 130 | 16.2 | |
ANC follow up | Yes | 796 | 99.1 |
No | 7 | 0.9 | |
Number of ANC visit (n = 796) | 1 | 6 | 0.8 |
2–3 | 173 | 21.7 | |
≥ 4 | 617 | 77.5 | |
Healthcare providers counseling during ANC (n = 796) | Yes | 409 | 51.4 |
No | 387 | 48.6 | |
PNC follow up | Yes | 100 | 12.5 |
No | 703 | 87.5 | |
Healthcare providers counseling during PNC (n = 100) | Yes | 83 | 83 |
No | 17 | 17 | |
Decision maker | Mother | 775 | 96.5 |
Healthcare providers | 22 | 2.8 | |
Others | 6 | 0.7 | |
Ever breastfeed | Yes | 787 | 98 |
No | 16 | 2 | |
EIBF (n = 787) | Yes | 487 | 61.9 |
No | 300 | 38.1 | |
Colostrum feeding (n = 787) | Yes | 669 | 85 |
No | 118 | 15 | |
Pre-lacteal feeding | Yes | 198 | 24.7 |
No | 605 | 75.3 |