Table 3.
Characteristics of mothers and infants in Kware (intervention) and Bodinga (control) communities (N= 179 in each group)
| KWARE | BODINGA | |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | |
| Parity | 5 | 5 |
| Maternal Age (years) | ||
| 13-22 | 39 (22) | 30 (17) |
| 23-32 | 84 (47) | 89 (50) |
| >33 | 56 (31) | 60 (33) |
| P=0.5 | ||
| Age of index child (months) | ||
| 0-6 | 75 (42) | 66 (37) |
| 7-12 | 50 (28) | 46 (26) |
| 13-18 | 26 (15) | 33 (18) |
| 19-24 | 13 (7) | 16 (9) |
| ≥ 24 | 15 (8) | 18 (10) |
| P=0.07 | ||
| Occupation | ||
| Housewife | 109 (61) | 124 (69) |
| Civil servant | 21 (12) | 24 (13) |
| Trader | 49 (27) | 31 (17) |
| P=0.07 | ||
| Level of Education | ||
| Non-formal | ||
| None | 60 (34) | 53 (30) |
| Arabic | 57 (32) | 49 (27) |
| Formal | ||
| Primary | 33 (18) | 38 (21) |
| Secondary | 20 (11) | 26 (15) |
| Post-secondary | 9 (5) | 13 (7) |
| P=0.6 | ||
| Initiation of Breastfeeding | ||
| <30 minutes | 94 (53) | 88 (49) |
| >30min–6hours | 34 (19) | 29 (16) |
| >6hours–24hours | 17 (9) | 23 (13) |
| >24 hours | 34 (19) | 39 (22) |
| P=0.6 | ||
| Exclusively Breastfeeding | 55 (31) | 40 (22) |
| P=0.1 | ||
| Stopped Breastfeeding | ||
| Infant age (months) | ||
| 0–5 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 6-10 | 2 (1) | 6 (3) |
| 11–15 | 5 (3) | 17 (10) |
| Up to 24 months | 45 (25) | (38) |
| >24 months | 126 (70) | 88 (49) |
| P=0.00 | ||