Table 1.

Demographics of the study participants.

Variable	Category	Frequency, N=385	Percent
Age of breastfeeding mothers/years	14 – 17	10	2.6
	18 – 35	346	89.9
	36 – 49	28	7.3
	Don’t remember	1	0.3
Marital status	Single	21	5.5
	Married	337	87.5
	Separated, Divorced or Widower	27	7.0
Education level	Uneducated	16	4.2
	Primary education	220	57.1
	Secondary education	108	28.1
	Tertiary education	41	10.6
Occupation	Student	12	3.1
	House wife	246	63.9
	Self employed	102	26.5
	Government employed	10	2.6
	Private employed	15	3.9

^*Age distribution of the babies was as follows: 3–6 months, 126 (32.9%); 7–9 months, 89(23.2%); and 10–12 months, 168 (43.9%).