Research Article
Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Infants and Young Children Aged 6–23 Months in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa, Ethiopia
Table 3
Health care and environmental health-related characteristics of mothers or caregivers in Debre Berhan Town, North Showa, Zone, Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variables (n = 531) | Number | Percent |
| Birth interval (index child) | First birth | 333 | 62.7 | <24 months | 81 | 15.3 | ≥24 months | 117 | 22 |
| Antenatal care (ANC) follow-up | Yes | 519 | 97.7 | No | 12 | 2.3 |
| Number of ANC visits (n = 519) | <3 | 169 | 32.6 | ≥4 | 350 | 67.4 |
| Place of delivery | Home | 9 | 1.7 | Hospital | 522 | 98.3 |
| PNC | Yes | 205 | 38.6 | No | 326 | 61.4 |
| Availability of latrine | Yes | 530 | 99.8 | No | 1 | 0.2 |
| Hand washing after toilet | Yes | 527 | 99.2 | No | 4 | 0.8 |
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