Table 2 Maternal characteristicsa and infant feeding practicesb among 2078 mother-child dyads in 2011–2012 in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, by maternal knowledge
Maternal knowledge scorec | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
0–7 | 8–9 | 10–15 | ||
n | 594 | 699 | 780 | p |
Maternal characteristics | ||||
Age in years, median (range) | 24 (15–49) | 24 (15–47) | 24 (14–46) | 0.18 |
Literacy, % | 0.40 | |||
Cannot read at all | 36.6 | 32.9 | 36.0 | |
Can read part of a sentence | 16.2 | 16.7 | 14.1 | |
Can read a complete sentence | 47.2 | 50.4 | 49.9 | |
Parity, % | 0.13 | |||
1 | 24.7 | 28.3 | 29.5 | |
≥2 | 75.3 | 71.7 | 70.5 | |
Socioeconomic status, % | 0.07 | |||
1st quintile (lowest) | 23.4 | 20.0 | 16.4 | |
2nd quintile | 20.4 | 20.0 | 19.4 | |
3rd quintile | 18.4 | 18.9 | 22.0 | |
4th quintile | 19.7 | 19.3 | 21.0 | |
5th quintile (highest) | 18.2 | 21.8 | 21.2 | |
Infant feeding practices | ||||
Complementary feeding initiation, % | 0.08 | |||
Early (≤ 4 months) | 8.2 | 7.3 | 5.4 | |
Timely (5–6 months) | 46.6 | 46.9 | 52.2 | |
Late (≥ 7 months) | 45.2 | 45.8 | 42.4 | |