Complementary Feeding Practices and Household Food Insecurity Status of Children Aged 6–23 Months in Shashemene City West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 2

Maternal obstetric related characteristics of mothers of children of 6–23 months, Shashemene city, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2020.

Parity	Frequency	Percent
Prim parous (1)	92	17.7
Multiparous (2–4)	351	67.5
Grand multipara (5+)	77	14.8
Mode of delivery
Normal	468	90
Cesarean section	49	9.4
Others	3	0.6
No antenatal care (ANC) attendance
No ANC session	26	5
≤3	279	53.7
≥4	215	41.3
Birth spacing
<2	338	65
2–4	160	30.8
>4	22	4.2
No. of children in the family
1–3	384	73.8
4–6	120	23.1
>6	16	3.1
Birth order
1st	101	19.4
2nd	141	27.1
3rd	152	29.2
4th	59	11.3
5th & above	67	12.9
Age of the child
6–8 months	93	17.9
9–11 months	70	13.5
12–17 months	209	40.2
18–23 months	148	28.5

Mothers’ breastfeeding status.