Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices in Rural and Urban Regions of Indonesia
Table 5
Infant and young child feeding practices based on mother’s characteristics.
Mother’s characteristics
Infant and young child feeding
Urban (%)
Rural (%)
AR
NAR
p-Value
AR
NAR
p-Value
Mother’s education
Higher
27.9
23.8
24.4
19.0
<0.001
Intermediate
61.3
60.1
61.2
56.0
Elementary
10.8
16.1
14.4
25.0
Mother’s Job
Work
48.5
47.8
0.776
49.3
46.0
Not work
51.5
52.2
50.7
54.0
Mother’s age
<20 years
1.8
3.4
79.6
75.4
20–35 years
79.4
74.5
2.2
4.4
35 years
18.8
22.2
18.2
20.2
Marital status
Have a couple
99.0
98.1
98.4
97.9
0.351
No partner
1.0
1.9
1.6
2.1
Parity
Primiparous
34.7
31.3
36.1
31.4
Multiparous
60.9
63.8
59.8
61.7
Grande-multiparous
4.4
4.9
4.2
6.9
Age of first marriage
≥21 years
94
95.3
0.250
94.1
94.3
0.874
<21 years
6
4.7
5.9
5.7
Pregnant planning
Wanted pregnant
90
89.8
0.862
91.2
92.3
0.271
Unwanted pregnant
10
10.2
8.8
7.7
ANC place
Health facility
85.2
77.4
<0.001
83.4
70.5
<0.001
Nonhealth facilities
14.8
22.6
16.6
29.5
ANC quantity
Good
96.2
93.7
91.7
86.2
<0.001
Not good
38
3.8
8.3
13.8
ANC quality
Good
20.4
19.0
0.486
22.7
17.9
Not good
79.6
81.0
77.3
82.1
Place of delivery
Health facility
92.8
89.4
85.4
76.6
<0.001
Nonhealth facilities
7.2
10.6
14.6
23.4
Variable candidate multivariate analysis (). IYCF, infant and young child feeding; AR, according to the recommendation; NAR, not according to recommendation; ANC, antenatal care.
