The 2000 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data are employedrnto asses correlates of child feeding practices, and nutritional status of child usingrnlogistic regression model. Breast-feeding is nearly universal about 81 ofrnchildren aged 0 - 36 months were breast-feeding at the time the study but thernintroduction of complementary foods much to early, only 54 percent of the indexrnchildren under the age of 6 months are exclusively breast-fed. The first milkrn(colostrums) is an ideal food for newly born child and the children should fed butrnless than 50 percent (46.8%) were fed colostrums. Breast milk is not sufficient forrnchildren after 6 months of age and additional food should be given; however,rn42.5 percent of the study children aged 6 and months receivedrncomplementary foods The study also found that 54 percent of children werernstunted.rnThere is considerable variation in the prevalence of malnutrition by region.rnmalnutrition where as Addis Ababa and Diredawa have the lowest prevalence ofrnmalnutrition.rnThe result of logistic analysis found the selected demographic and socioeconomicrnfactors that have the significant effect on child feeding and childrnmalnutrition. Predictors of child feeding variables include maternal education,place of delivery and mothers' age, and predictors of child malnutrition in Ethiopiarnare chi ld 's bi rth interval, mothers' education, number of other under five childrenrnwithin a household, region and chil d feeding practices. Children of longer birthrninterval are less likely to be malnourished. Children whose mother are morerneducated and ch ildren who live in Addis Ababa are tend to be better nourishedrnthan other children. Sex of child had no effect on chi ld malnutrition even thoughrnfemale ch ildren are somewhat more malnourished than male children of theirrncounterpart