Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices in Rural and Urban Regions of Indonesia
Table 4
IYCF practices based on family characteristics.
Characteristics
Infant and young child feeding
Urban (%)
Rural (%)
AR
NAR
p-Value
AR
NAR
p-Value
Socioeconomic
Richest
25.4
12.5
<0.001
22.9
15.2
<0.001
Richer
24.5
17.0
19.4
13.7
Intermediate
17.9
21.7
20.4
19.0
Poor
18.8
22.2
19.7
19.0
Poorest
13.4
26.6
17.5
33.2
Number of households
Small family
59.7
55.2
59.2
57.1
0.477
Big family
40.3
44.8
40.8
42.9
Number of toddlers
1 toddler
64.3
65.2
0.695
74.2
65.1
>1 toddler
35.7
34.8
25.8
34.9
Sex
Male
52.1
52.8
0.784
52.9
53.0
0.970
Female
47.9
47.2
47.1
47.0
LBW history
Normal
90.2
90.1
0.919
87.9
88.4
0.792
LBW
9.8
9.9
12.1
11.6
Birth distance
The first child
34.7
31.5
38.5
31.6
<2 years
5.6
7.1
4.5
7.9
≥2 years
59.7
61.4
57
60.4
Neonatal check-up
Health workers
50.1
55.6
56.7
65.9
<0.001
Nonhealth workers
49.9
44.4
43.4
34.1
Variable candidate multivariate analysis (). AR: according to the recommendation, the child receives early breastfeeding and does not receive prelacteal food, exclusive breastfeeding, frequency, and diversity of complementary feeding according to the child’s age. NAR: not according to recommendation if one or several stages of feeding the child are not appropriate.
