Table 3 Maternal characteristics^a and infant feeding practices^b among 2078 mother-child dyads in 2011–2012 in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, by maternal attitude

 Age in years, median (range)

24 (15–45)

24 (14–49)

24 (15–46)

0.20

Literacy, %

0.86

 Cannot read at all

35.9

34.4

34.9

 Can read part of a sentence

16.3

15.4

14.7

 Can read a complete sentence

47.8

50.2

50.3

Parity, %

0.83

 1

28.5

27.9

27.0

 ≥ 2

71.5

72.1

73.0

Socioeconomic status, %

0.67

 1st quintile (lowest)

22.9

19.2

18.8

 2nd quintile

18.4

20.2

21.0

 3rd quintile

19.7

20.8

19.7

 4th quintile

18.6

20.0

20.6

 5th quintile (highest)

20.4

19.8

19.9

 Complementary feeding initiation, %

< 0.01

  Early (≤ 4 months)

11.4

4.9

5.1

  Timely (5–6 months)

52.3

46.2

48.7

  Late (≥ 7 months)

36.3

48.9

46.2