Table 1. Breastfeeding patterns among 6–23 month old children in northern Ghana.
Age group | Child ever been breastfed | Child breastfed day or night before the survey | ||
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Breastfed (%) | Not breastfed (%) | Breastfed (%) | Not breastfed (%) | |
6–11 months | 314 (99.7) | 1 (0.30) | 308 (97.8) | 7 (2.20) |
12–17 months | 360 (98.6) | 5 (1.40) | 346 (94.8) | 19 (5.20) |
18–23 months | 178 (93.2) | 13 (6.80) | 156 (81.7) | 35 (18.3) |
6–23 months | 852 (97.8) | 19 (2.20) | 810 (93.0) | 61 (7.00) |