Table 2.
Breastfeeding information of mother-children pair (N = 185).
| Variable | Frequency | (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Place of delivery | ||
| Facility based | 157 | 85.0 |
| Home | 28 | 15.0 |
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| Delivery type | ||
| Vaginal delivery | 70 | 38.0 |
| Caesarean section | 115 | 62.0 |
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| Parity | ||
| Primaparous | 91 | 49.0 |
| Multiparous | 94 | 51.0 |
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| Initiation of breastfeeding | ||
| <30 mins | 6 | 3.0 |
| 30–1 hr | 39 | 21.0 |
| 1–24 hrs | 78 | 42.0 |
| >1 day | 63 | 34.0 |
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| Perceived onset of lactation | ||
| 1 day | 28 | 15.0 |
| 2 days | 87 | 47.0 |
| 3 days | 59 | 32.0 |
| >3 days | 7 | 6.0 |
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| Breastfeeding counselling | ||
| Yes | 85 | 46.0 |
| No | 100 | 54.0 |
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| Decision to EBF after delivery | ||
| Yes | 105 | 57.0 |
| No | 80 | 43.0 |
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| Frequency of EBF daily | ||
| <8times | 26 | 14.0 |
| 8–12times | 102 | 55.0 |
| >12times | 57 | 31.0 |
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| Confident of producing enough milk | ||
| Yes | 74 | 40.0 |
| No | 111 | 60.0 |
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| Practice of exclusive breastfeeding | ||
| Yes | 31 | 17.0 |
| No | 154 | 83.0 |
EXB: exclusive breastfeeding.