Table 4.

Characteristics of mothers who do and do not practice exclusive breastfeeding (n = 190)

	Exclusively breastfeeds
Variable	Yes (n = 111)	No (n = 79)	p-value
Age of mother (in years)
<30	45 (40.5 %)	27 (34.2 %)	0.230
≥30	66 (59.5 %)	52 (65.8 %)
Child’s age (in months)
<3	64 (57.7 %)	6 (7.6 %)	<0.001
≥3	47 (42.3 %)	73 (92.4 %)
Mother’s employment status
Employed	85 (76.6 %)	66 (83.5 %)	0.161
Unemployed	26 (23.4 %)	13 (16.5 %)
Mothers’ educational level
Low educational level	34 (30.6 %)	40 (50.6 %)	0.004
High educational level	77 (69.4 %)	39 (49.4 %)
Parity
1	42 (37.8 %)	28 (35.4 %)	0.428
>1	69 (62.2 %)	51 (64.6 %)
Marital status
Not married	8 (7.2 %)	5 (6.3 %)	0.528
Married	103 (92.8 %)	74 (93.7 %)
Mothers’ religion
Christianity	60 (54.1 %)	44 (55.7 %)	0.221
Islamic	51 (45.9 %)	33 (41.8 %)
African traditional religion	0 (0.0 %)	2 (2.5 %)
Mothers’ knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding
High	72 (64.9 %)	15 (19.0 %)	<0.001
Low	39 (35.1 %)	64 (81.0 %)
Mothers’ attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding
Positive	99 (89.2 %)	58 (73.4 %)	0.004
Less positive	12 (10.8 %)	21 (26.6 %)