Research Article
Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Women: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Moyale District, Borena Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Table 2
Household food insecurity assesses scale questions and response of lactating women (N = 532) in Moyale District, Borana, Southern Ethiopia, 2018.
| | Question of occurrence | Yes | No | Frequency of occurrence N (%) | | N (%) | N (%) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Worry about food | 269 (50.6) | 263 (49.4) | 263 (49.4) | 105 (19.7) | 68 (12.8) | 96 (18.1) | | No preference of food type | 229 (43.0) | 306 (57.5) | 306 (57.5) | 93 (17.4) | 70 (13.2) | 66 (12.4) | | Limit food type | 178 (33.5) | 354 (66.5) | 354 (66.5) | 88 (16.5) | 60 (11.3) | 30 (5.6) | | Feeding unwanted food | 139 (26.1) | 393 (73.9) | 393 (73.9) | 71 (13.3) | 49 (9.2) | 19 (3.6) | | Limit food amount | 99 (18.6) | 433 (81.4) | 433 (81.4) | 58 (10.9) | 28 (5.3) | 13 (2.4) | | Limit meal frequency | 63 (11.8) | 469 (88.2) | 469 (88.2) | 31 (5.8) | 25 (4.7) | 7 (1.3) | | No food in the house | 24 (4.5) | 508 (95.5) | 508 (95.5) | 18 (3.4) | 6 (1.1) | 0 | | Hanger at night | 11 (2.1) | 521 (97.9) | 521 (97.9) | 7 (1.3) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) | | Hanger at day and night | 7 (1.3) | 525 (98.7) | 525 (98.7) | 6 (1.1) | 1 (0.2) | 0 |
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