Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants in Ethiopia, EDHS 2019
| Variables | Categories | Weighted frequency (%) | Breastfeeding initiation time | |
| Early | Late | |||
| Sex of the child | Male | 985 (49.7%) | 724 (36.5%) | 261 (13.2%) |
| Female | 997 (50.3%) | 735 (37.1%) | 262 (13.2%) | |
| Age of the mother | 15–24 | 637 (32.1%) | 452 (22.8%) | 193 (9.7%) |
| 25–34 | 1036 (52.3%) | 760 (38.4%) | 272 (13.7%) | |
| 35–49 | 309 (15.6%) | 242 (12.5%) | 58 (2.9%) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 605 (30.5%) | 428 (21.6%) | 177 (8.9%) |
| Protestant | 372 (18.8%) | 281 (14.2%) | 91 (4.6%) | |
| Muslim | 969 (48.9%) | 723 (36.5%) | 246 (12.4%) | |
| Other | 36 (1.8%) | 27 (1.4%) | 9 (0.4%) | |
| Place of residence | Urban | 495 (24.9%) | 372 (18.8%) | 123 (6.2%) |
| Rural | 1487 (75.0%) | 1087 (54.8%) | 400 (20.2%) | |
| Educational status | No education | 956 (48.2%) | 705 (35.6%) | 252 (12.7%) |
| Primary education | 697 (35.2%) | 510 (25.7%) | 187 (9.4%) | |
| Secondary education | 197 (9.9%) | 143 (7.2%) | 53 (2.7%) | |
| Higher education | 132 (6.7%) | 101 (5.1%) | 31 (1.6%) | |
| Marital status | Married | 1866 (94.2%) | 1370 (69.1%) | 496 (25.0%) |
| Not married | 116 (5.9%) | 89 (4.5%) | 27 (1.4%) | |
| Wealth index level | Poor | 950 (47.9%) | 682 (34.4%) | 268 (13.5%) |
| Middle | 280 (14.1%) | 209 (10.5%) | 71 (3.6%) | |
| Rich | 752 (37.9%) | 568 (28.7%) | 184 (9.3%) | |
| Media access (television) | Yes | 393 (19.8%) | 294 (14.8%) | 99 (4.9%) |
| No | 1589 (80.2%) | 1165 (58.8%) | 424 (21.4%) | |
| Media access (radio) | Yes | 506 (25.5%) | 379 (19.1%) | 127 (6.4%) |
| No | 1476 (74.5%) | 1080 (54.5%) | 396 (19.9%) | |
(n=1982).