Malawi 2015-16

Table 11.6 Minimum acceptable diet
Percentage of youngest children age 6-23 months living with their mother who are fed a minimum acceptable diet based on breastfeeding status, number of food groups,
and times they are fed during the day or night before the survey, according to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic
Among breastfed children age 6-23
months, percentage fed:
Minimum
dietary
diversity 1
Minimum
meal
frequency
2
Minimum
acceptable
diet 3
Number
of
breastfed
children
6-23
months
Among non-breastfed children age 6-23 months,
percentage fed:
Milk or
milk
products 4
Minimum
dietary
diversity 1
Minimum
meal
frequency
5
Minimum
acceptable
diet 6
Number
of nonbreastfed
children
age 6-23
months
Breastmilk,
milk, or
milk
products 7
Among all children age 6-23 months,
percentage fed:
Minimum
dietary
diversity 1
Minimum
meal
frequency
8
Minimum
acceptable
diet 9
Age in months
6-8 13.1 48.3 8.2 727 7.2 13.0 13.1 5.2 53 93.7 13.1 45.9 8.0 780
9-11 21.2 24.4 6.9 818 6.7 12.6 14.4 0.2 58 93.8 20.7 23.7 6.4 876
12-17 26.8 27.7 7.9 1,456 12.4 33.0 24.4 2.5 153 91.7 27.4 27.4 7.4 1,609
18-23 30.6 27.9 11.2 1,144 9.1 34.0 17.7 5.7 348 78.8 31.4 25.5 9.9 1,492
Sex
Male 23.6 30.2 7.6 2,104 10.6 27.6 20.7 4.4 309 88.6 24.1 29.0 7.2 2,413
Female 25.1 31.3 9.7 2,041 8.4 32.2 16.6 4.3 304 88.1 26.0 29.4 9.0 2,345
Residence
Urban 40.8 36.7 16.3 535 22.5 53.3 39.6 14.6 105 87.3 42.8 37.1 16.0 640
Rural 21.9 29.9 7.5 3,609 6.8 25.1 14.3 2.2 508 88.5 22.3 27.9 6.8 4,117
Region
Northern 22.2 31.5 10.0 450 12.5 29.9 22.5 3.5 108 83.0 23.7 29.8 8.8 558
Central 28.3 28.2 8.6 1,829 9.1 34.8 15.5 5.4 222 90.1 29.0 26.8 8.3 2,051
Southern 20.9 33.0 8.3 1,866 8.6 26.0 19.6 3.8 282 88.0 21.6 31.3 7.7 2,148
Mother’s education
No education 11.8 28.6 4.5 502 4.4 20.2 12.4 0.0 52 91.0 12.6 27.1 4.1 554
Primary 23.2 29.5 7.8 2,793 7.8 25.7 15.3 2.5 409 88.2 23.5 27.7 7.2 3,202
Secondary 33.4 35.9 13.2 777 8.9 38.9 25.0 5.5 129 87.1 34.2 34.4 12.1 906
More than secondary 58.2 35.4 18.6 72 * * * * 23 88.7 62.3 40.5 23.5 96
Wealth quintile
Lowest 15.1 25.7 3.9 1,095 3.5 21.0 10.2 0.7 117 90.7 15.6 24.2 3.6 1,212
Second 21.4 31.4 7.3 951 2.5 18.6 4.1 0.0 142 87.3 21.1 27.8 6.4 1,093
Middle 23.1 31.5 7.8 825 12.1 27.7 22.8 1.7 102 90.4 23.6 30.6 7.2 927
Fourth 27.5 32.1 11.8 663 6.8 28.7 23.4 4.6 130 84.7 27.7 30.6 10.6 792
Highest 43.7 36.3 16.8 611 24.2 54.7 35.1 14.7 122 87.4 45.6 36.1 16.5 733
Total 24.3 30.7 8.6 4,145 9.5 29.9 18.6 4.3 613 88.3 25.1 29.2 8.1 4,757
Number
of all
children
6-23
months
Note: An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
1
Children receive foods from four or more of the following food groups: a. infant formula, milk other than breast milk, cheese or yoghurt or other milk products; b. foods
made from grains, roots, and tubers, including porridge and fortified baby food from grains; c. vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables; d. other fruits and vegetables; e. eggs;
f. meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish (and organ meats); g. legumes and nuts.
2
For breastfed children, minimum meal frequency is receiving solid or semi-solid food at least twice a day for infants age 6-8 months and at least three times a day for
children age 9-23 months.
3
Breastfed children age 6-23 months are considered to be fed a minimum acceptable diet if they are fed the minimum dietary diversity as described in footnote 1 and
the minimum meal frequency as defined in footnote 2.
4
Includes two or more feedings of commercial infant formula, fresh, tinned, and powdered animal milk, and yoghurt.
5
For non-breastfed children age 6-23 months, minimum meal frequency is receiving solid or semi-solid food or milk feeds at least four times a day.
6
Non-breastfed children age 6-23 months are considered to be fed a minimum acceptable diet if they receive other milk or milk products at least twice a day, receive
the minimum meal frequency as defined in footnote 5, and receive solid or semi-solid foods from at least four food groups not including the milk or milk products food
group.
7
Breastfeeding, or not breastfeeding and receiving two or more feedings of commercial infant formula, fresh, tinned, and powdered animal milk, and yoghurt.
8
Children are fed the minimum recommended number of times per day according to their age and breastfeeding status as described in footnotes 2 and 5.
9
Children age 6-23 months are considered to be fed a minimum acceptable diet if they receive breastmilk, other milk or milk products as described in footnote 7, are fed
the minimum dietary diversity as described in footnote 1, and are fed the minimum meal frequency as described in footnotes 2 and 5.
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