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10.20 FEEDING PRACTICES
Table 10.24 shows the percent distribution of children
under five who had diarrhea in the past two weeks, by feeding
practices. Seventeen percent of children who had diarrhea were
given the same amount of liquid as usual, 35 percent were given
more than the usual amount, and 48 percent were given less.
About nine in ten children with diarrhea (87 percent) were
given less than the usual amount of food, 11 percent were given
the same amount of food, and only 2 percent were given more
food than usual.
10.21 WOMEN’S STATUS AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE
Status and self-respect can be major determinants of a
mother’s ability to obtain adequate health care for herself and her
children. Table 10.25 presents the percentage of children age 12-
23 months who were fully vaccinated and the percentage of
Table 10.24 Feeding practices during
diarrhea
Percent distribution of children under
five years who had diarrhea in the two
weeks preceding the survey, by amount
of liquid offered and amount of food
offered compared with normal practice,
Ethiopia 2000
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Feeding practice
Percent
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Amount of liquid offered
Same as usual
More
Less
Don't know
Amount of food offered
Same as usual
More
Less
Total
Number
16.6
34.9
47.8
0.8
10.9
2.2
86.9
100.0
2,540
children under five years who were ill with ARI, fever, or diarrhea who were taken to a health provider,
by whether mothers believed that husbands are justified in beating their wives for any reason, an
indicator of woman’s status.
In general the percentage of children of mothers who believed that a husband is not justified in
beating his wife for any reason at all were more likely to be fully vaccinated or taken to a provider for
treatment when they were ill than children of women who believed that husbands are justified in beating
their wives for any reason.
Table 10.25 Women's status and children's health care
Percentage of children age 12-23 months who were fully vaccinated, and among
children under five years who were ill with ARI, fever, or diarrhea in the two weeks
preceding the survey, the percentage taken to a health provider, by number of reasons
to justify wife beating, Ethiopia 2000
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Number
Percentage of ill children under
Number of children five years who were taken to a
of reasons 12-23 months health provider for treatment of: 2
to justify
fully
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wife beating vaccinated 1 ARI Fever Diarrhea
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0 23.5 16.7 25.8 18.2
1-3 14.9 14.7 16.5 13.4
4-5 11.4 16.4 17.2 12.3
Total 14.3 15.8 18.0 13.3
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1 Received BCG, measles, and three doses of DPT and polio.
2 Excludes pharmacy, shop, and traditional practioner
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