Table 5.
Relationship between some variables and weaning practices
| Variables | Weaning practice | X2 (chi square) | p- value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early | Normal | Late | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Child’s age (months) | |||||
| 6 - 12 | 48 (35.3) | 2 (11.1) | 30 (21.1) | 24.143 | 0.000* |
| 13 – 18 | 25 (18.4) | 9 (50.0) | 30 (21.1) | ||
| 19 - 24 | 63 (46.3) | 7 (38.9) | 82 (57.8) | ||
| Mothers’ age (years) | |||||
| ≤ 25 | 81 (59.6) | 9 (50.0) | 102 (71.8) | 4.745 | 0.093 |
| >25 | 55 (40.4) | 9 (50.0) | 102 (71.8) | ||
| Mothers’ educational | |||||
| Status | 73 (32.3) | 14 (6.2) | 139 (61.5) | 2.286 | 0.319 |
| Informal | 39 (40.6) | 4 (4.2) | 53 (55.2) | ||
| Mothers’ occupation | |||||
| Unemployed | 85 (75.9) | 17 (94.4) | 153 (79.7) | 3.310 | 0.191 |
| Employed | 27 (24.1) | 1 ( 5.6) | 39 (20.3) | ||
| Socioeconomic status | |||||
| Upper class | 41 (30.1) | 3 (16.7) | 29 (20.4) | 1.952 | 0.377 |
| Lower class | 95 (69.9) | 15 (83.3) | 113 (79.6) | ||
*
p < 0.05