Table 4.

Relation between mothers’ characteristics and feeding methods (n = 197)

Characteristic		Breastfeeding status				P value
		Mixed feeding		Only Artificial formula
		N	%	N	%
Mother
Education level	Illiterate	15	11	10	16.4	0.233
	Primary & middle school	39	28.7	22	36.1
	High school or higher	82	60.3	29	47.5
Occupation	Unemployed	94	69.1	47	77.0	0.254
	Employed	42	30.9	14	23
Mode of delivery	Vaginal delivery	42	30.9	13	21.3	0.166
	Cesarean section	94	69.1	48	78.7
Anesthesia	None	33	24.3	9	14.8	0.004*
	General	57	41.9	41	67.2
	Epidural	46	33.8	11	18
Formula/breastfeeding perception	Breast feeding is better	129	94.9	49	80.3	0.0004*
	Equal	6	4.4	4	6.6
	Formula is better	1	0.7	8	13.1
Antenatal education	No	105	77.2	52	85.2	0.346
	Yes	31	22.8	9	14.8

^*Statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05.