Table 3 Breastfeeding practices related characteristics of study participant of the mothers having infant less than 6 months of age, at ChenchaZuria District, 2020
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex of the infant | Female | 338 | 52.2 |
Male | 309 | 47.8 | |
Birth order of the infant | Birth order one | 138 | 21.3 |
Birth order 2–3 | 383 | 59.2 | |
Birth order 4 and more | 126 | 19.5 | |
Breast feeding initiation time | Within 1 h of birth | 515 | 79.6 |
1–11 h after birth | 98 | 15.1 | |
12 –23 h after birth | 32 | 4.9 | |
After 24 h of birth | 2 | 0.3 | |
Pre-lacteal feeding | No | 471 | 72.8 |
Yes | 176 | 27.2 | |
Colostrum avoidance | No | 548 | 84.7 |
Yes | 99 | 15.3 | |
Maternal knowledge about importance of colostrum feeding | Poor knowledge | 225 | 34.8 |
Good knowledge | 422 | 65.2 |