Research, Policy and Practice
Table 3 Nutritional status, lifestyle, and behavioural characteristics of pregnant women in the Afar region, northeast Ethiopia
Variable | Category | Frequency (n = 381) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Taken extra meal in the last 24 h | Yes | 215 | 56.4 |
No | 166 | 43.6 | |
Frequency of feeding extra meal per 24 h (n = 215) | Once only | 38 | 17.7 |
Twice per day | 20 | 9.3 | |
Three times per day | 57 | 26.5 | |
4 times per day | 100 | 46.5 | |
Experienced food restriction during pregnancy | Yes | 115 | 30.2 |
No | 266 | 69.8 | |
Taking iron-folic acid during this pregnancy | Yes | 360 | 94.5 |
No | 21 | 5.5 | |
Get counselling about balanced diet | Yes | 293 | 76.9 |
No | 88 | 23.1 | |
Foetus computes for nutrient during pregnancy | Yes | 340 | 89.2 |
No | 41 | 10.8 | |
Extra meals develop the foetus well | Yes | 354 | 92.9 |
No | 27 | 7.1 | |
Extra meals help to prevent anaemia during pregnancy | Yes | 337 | 88.5 |
No | 44 | 11.5 | |
Vegetables/fruits in the garden | Yes | 28 | 7.3 |
No | 353 | 92.7 | |
Drinking water source | In the compound | 241 | 63.3 |
Outsides the compound | 140 | 36.7 | |
Toilet facility | Yes | 238 | 62.5 |
No | 143 | 37.5 | |
Women drink alcohol during pregnancy | Yes | 29 | 7.6 |
No | 352 | 92.4 | |
Women chew khat during pregnancy | Yes | 41 | 10.8 |
No | 340 | 89.2 | |
Women smoke a cigarette during pregnancy | Yes | 14 | 3.7 |
No | 367 | 96.3 | |
Husband drinks alcohol in the last 24 h | Yes | 41 | 10.8 |
No | 340 | 89.2 | |
Husband chews khat in the last 24 h | Yes | 146 | 38.3 |
No | 235 | 61.7 | |
Husband smokes cigarette in the last 24 h | Yes | 61 | 16.0 |
No | 320 | 84.0 |