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Table 2 Child feeding practices of households (n = 367) in Hadaleala District, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia, May, 2015

From: Child feeding practices and diarrheal disease among children less than two years of age of the nomadic people in Hadaleala District, Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Children who ate uncooked food (n = 259)

131

50.6

Children who ate cooked foods immediately (n = 259)

191

73.8

Children who received rotavirus vaccination (n = 367)

115

31.3

Mothers who washed their hands before food preparation and feeding the child with only water (n = 367)

208

56.7

Mothers who washed their hands before food preparation and feeding the child with soap (n = 367)

159

43.3

Drinking water sources (n = 367)

  

 Protected

119

32.4

 Unprotected

248

67.6