Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices in Rural and Urban Regions of Indonesia

Table 1

Characteristics of families and children in urban and rural Indonesia.

Characteristics	Urban	Rural	Total	p-Value
Socioeconomic status
Richest	16.4	16.2	16.3	<0.001
Richer	19.6	14.4	17.0
Intermediate	20.2	19.1	19.6
Poor	21.7	19.1	20.4
Poorest	22.1	31.2	26.7
Number of household members
Small family	56.1	57.4	56.7	0.369
Big family	43.9	42.6	43.3
Number of toddlers
1 toddler	65.0	66.3	65.7	0.346
>1 toddler	35.0	33.7	34.3
Sex
Male	52.6	53.0	52.8	0.820
Female	47.4	47.0	47.2
LBW history
Normal	90.1	88.3	89.2	0.048
LBW	9.9	11.7	10.8
Birth spacing
The first child	32.1	32.5	32.3	0.588
<2 years	6.8	7.5	7.2
≥2 years	61.1	60.0	60.5
Neonatal check-up
Health workers	54.4	74.2	64.3	<0.001
Nonhealth workers	45.6	25.8	35.7

LBW, low birth weight.