title: IYCF indicators on breastfeeding status
unit_of_measure: Percentage of children
linearized_input: IYCF indicators on breastfeeding status | Percentage of children | (Exclusive breastfeeding under age 6 months, 61) (Exclusive breastfeeding at age 4-5 months, 42) (Continued breastfeeding at 1 year, 90) (Introduction of solid, semisolid, or soft foods (6-8 months), 80) (Continued breastfeeding at 2 years, 53) (Age-appropriate breastfeeding (0-23 months), 73) (Predominant breastfeeding (0-5 months), 75) (Bottle feeding (0-23 months), 22)
table_text: the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators of breastfeeding status. As mentioned previously, 61 percent of children under age 6 months and 42 percent of children age 4-5 months are exclusively breastfed, and 75 percent of children under age 6 months are predominantly breastfed 90 percent of children continue breastfeeding at age 1 and that 53 percent continue doing so at age 2. Eighty percent of children age 6-8 months have been introduced to solid, semisolid, or soft foods. Twenty-two percent of children age 0-23 months used a bottle with a nipple the day or night preceding the survey.
target: the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators of breastfeeding status.