Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Obstetric factors of the study respondents among lactating women had children aged 6 to 23 months in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, March-April 2018 (n = 733).

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Age at first marriage
<18 years	333	45.4
≥18 years	400	54.6
Age of first pregnancy
<18 years	144	19.6
≥18 Years	589	80.4
Number of pregnancy
≤5	648	88.4
>5	85	11.6
Attend ANC for the last pregnancy
Yes	484	66.0
No	249	34.0
Number of ANC visit (n = 478)
≤3 times	261	54.6
>3 times	217	45.4
Place of delivery of current child
Home	400	54.8
Health post	18	2.5
Health center	231	31.6
Hospital	81	11.1
Attend PNC for the current child
Yes	378	51.9
No	350	48.1
Current FP utilization status
Yes	447	61.0
No	286	39.0
Type of FP service used
Pills	46	10.3
Injectable	376	84.5
Implant	16	3.6
Breast feeding	7	1.6
Number of breastfeeding
<8 times/day	353	48.2
≥8 times/day	380	51.8