Table 1. Amenorrhea among nursing mothers with children below 24 months according to their child age and type of breast feeding (n=1934).
Breast feeding | Age in months | Total (with or without amenorrhea) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<6 | 6-8 | 9-11 | 12-23 | ||||||
No. with Amenorrhea |
% with Amenorrhea |
No. with Amenorrhea |
% with Amenorrhea |
No. with Amenorrhea |
% with Amenorrhea |
No. with Amenorrhea |
% with Amenorrhea |
n | |
Non-Exclusive | 263 | 58.1 | 118 | 40.3 | 90 | 30.3 | 133 | 18.7 | 1754 |
Exclusive | 152 | 86.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 180 |