Table 3.
Frequency distribution of exclusive breast-feeding and health service related variables among mother-child paired subject groups of the study; Halaba sp.woreda, SNNPR Ethiopia, 2014
| Distribution of exclusive breast feeding and health Service related variables (n = 420) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variables | Number | Percent (%) |
| ANC follow-up | ||
| Yes | 345 | 82.1 |
| No | 74 | 17.6 |
| Don’t Know | 1 | 0.2 |
| PNC Follow-up | ||
| Yes | 124 | 29.5 |
| No | 292 | 69.5 |
| Don’t Know | 4 | 1.0 |
| Advised about EBF | ||
| Yes | 184 | 43.8 |
| No | 229 | 54.5 |
| Don’t Know | 7 | 1.7 |
| Place of birth | ||
| Health facilities | 88 | 21.0 |
| Home | 332 | 79.0 |
| Initiation of breast-feeding | ||
| Immediately/within 1 h | 204 | 48.6 |
| After 1 h | 216 | 51.4 |
| Frequency of breast-feeding (n = 418) | ||
| ≥8 times per day | 309 | 73.6 |
| <8 times per day | 109 | 26.0 |
| Exclusive breast-feeding | ||
| Yes | 296 | 70.5 |
| No | 124 | 29.5 |
| Awareness about exclusive | ||
| Yes | 388 | 92.4 |
| No | 32 | 7.6 |
| Still breastfeeding | ||
| Yes | 419 | 99.8 |
| No | 1 | 0.2 |
| Pre-lacteal feeding | ||
| Nothing | 350 | 83.3 |
| Other than breast milk | 70 | 16.7 |