Table 3.
Predicted breastfeeding rates at different time points according to parity and any breastfeeding of previous children (from SMS data n=344)
| Time | Exclusive breastfeeding |
Any breastfeeding |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per cent | CI | Per cent | CI | |
| All | ||||
| Baseline | 67.6 | (62 to 72) | 68.2 | (63 to 73) |
| 6 weeks | 33.9 | (29 to 39) | 48.3 | (43 to 53) |
| 8 weeks | 29.1 | (24 to 34) | 44.1 | (39 to 49) |
| 16 weeks | 20.4 | (16 to 25) | 34.5 | (29 to 40) |
| Exit interview | 3.3 | (0 to 12) | 8.5 | (1 to 27) |
| Primiparous | ||||
| Baseline | 71.7 | (65 to 78) | 72.3 | (65 to 78) |
| 6 weeks | 34.3 | (28 to 41) | 50.1 | (43 to 57) |
| 8 weeks | 29.3 | (23 to 36) | 46.7 | (39 to 54) |
| 16 weeks | 18.8 | (14 to 25) | 34.5 | (28 to 41) |
| Exit interview | 5.8 | (1 to 18) | 10.1 | (1 to 32) |
| Parous—no previous breastfeeding | ||||
| Baseline | 20.0 | (11 to 31) | 18.3 | (10 to 29) |
| 6 weeks | 5.0 | (1 to 13) | 11.7 | (5 to 21) |
| 8 weeks | 5.0 | (1 to 13) | 5.8 | (2 to 14) |
| 16 weeks | 3.9 | (1 to 13) | 5.0 | (1 to 12) |
| Exit interview | 1.7 | (0 to 8) | 3.9 | (1 to 12) |
| Parous—with previous breastfeeding experience | ||||
| Baseline | 88.8 | (81 to 94) | 89.8 | (82 to 94) |
| 6 weeks | 46.6 | (36 to 56) | 67.2 | (57 to 76) |
| 8 weeks | 41.4 | (32 to 51) | 62.0 | (52 to 71) |
| 16 weeks | 33.0 | (24 to 42) | 52.6 | (42 to 62) |
| Exit interview | 9.3 | (01 to 28) | 34.6 | (21 to 49) |