Minimum acceptable diet and associated factors among 6–23 months children in rural households with irrigated users and non-irrigated users in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Table 2 Maternal and child care characteristics of the respondents from users and non-users of North Mecha District, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2022 (n1= 389, n2 = 386)

Characteristics		Irrigation
		Non-users (n2=386)		Users (n1=389)
		Frequency	%	Frequency	%
ANC follow up	Fourth and above	61	15.8	153	39.3
	One to three	315	81.6	179	46.0
	Not visit	10	2.6	57	20.3
Place of delivery	Home	119	30.8	79	20.3
Place of delivery	Health facility	267	69.2	310	79.7
PNC follow up	Yes	192	49.7	184	47.3
PNC follow up	No	194	50.3	205	52.7
When started PNC?	Within 1-2 day	98	51.0	84	45.7
	Within 3-6 days	45	23.4	49	26.6
	After 7 days	49	25.5	51	27.7
Pre-lacteal feeding	No	359	93.0	362	93.1
Pre-lacteal feeding	Yes	27	7.0	27	6.9
Initiation of BF	Within 1 h	67	17.4	102	26.2
Initiation of BF	After 1 h	319	82.6	287	73.8
Complementary feeding initiated	Before 6 months	39	10.1	33	8.5
	At 6 months	233	60.4	232	59.6
	After 6 months	101	26.2	112	28.8
	Not started	13	3.4	12	3.1
Ever receive vaccines?	Yes	344	89.1	386	99.2
Ever receive vaccines?	No	42	10.9	3	0.8
Vaccination status	Up to date	57	16.6	67	17.4
Vaccination status	Fully	287	83.4	319	82.6
Vit-A Supplementation	Yes	245	63.5	247	63.5
Vit-A Supplementation	No	141	36.5	142	36.5
Got GMP service?	Yes	83	21.5	109	28.0
Got GMP service?	No	303	78.5	280	72.0
Illness in the last 2 weeks	Yes	72	18.7	80	20.6
Illness in the last 2 weeks	No	314	81.3	309	79.4
Type of the illness	Fever	18	25.0	18	22.5
	Diarrhea	33	45.8	43	53.8
	Cough	21	29.2	19	23.7
Maternal knowledge of IYCF Practice	Good	288	74.6	292	75.1
Maternal knowledge of IYCF Practice	Poor	98	25.4	97	24.9

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