Table 3. Distribution of median time to initiate breastfeeding by different maternal and facility level characteristics, n = 249.

Characteristics of recently delivered mothers	Median time to initiate breastfeeding (minutes)	Inter-quartile range (minutes)	P value a
Total	38	20–56	-
Age (in years)
15–24	38	20–57	0.885
25–34	38	22–55
35 and above	38	35–52
Highest level of education
No formal education or primary incomplete	35	20–50	0.439
Primary complete	40	20–61
Secondary complete or higher	39.5	26–57
Occupation
Unemployed / housewife	38	22–55	0.787
Employed	37.5	20–56
Religion
Muslim	39.5	23–57	0.128
Non-Muslim	30	20–40
Gestational age at time of delivery
Pre-term pregnancy (< 37 weeks)	40	25–55	0.587
Term pregnancy (≥ 37 weeks)	38	24–60
Parity
Primiparous	37	20–57	0.537
Multiparous	39	24–55
Type of facility
District hospitals	30	16.5–40	0.001
Sub-district hospitals	43	30–70
Privacy in delivery room
Maintained	30	19–45	0.001
No privacy	44	34–71.5
Separate staff for newborn care
At least one staff present	40	30–60	0.009
None	35	19–53
Newborn breathing or crying
Spontaneous	37	20–51	0.01
Delayed/after resuscitation	50.5	27.5–78
Skin to skin contact
Yes	32	15–40	0.001
No	40	24–68
Postnatal contact with newborn or mother within one hour of delivery
Yes	21.5	15–35	0.001
No	40	27–60

^a Kruskal-Wallis test.