Table 2.
Maternal health service utilization and breastfeeding related factors first-time mothers having infants less than 6 months old, in Bahir Dar City, North west Ethiopia, 2016.
| Variables | Category (400) | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANC follow up | Yes | 363 | 90.8 |
| No | 37 | 9.2 | |
| Place of ANC | Hospital | 67 | 18.5 |
| Health Centre | 222 | 61.2 | |
| Private clinic | 74 | 20.4 | |
| Number of ANC visits (n = 363) | ≥4 visits | 133 | 36.6 |
| <3 visits | 230 | 63.4 | |
| Breastfeeding counselling (ANC) (n = 363) | Yes | 277 | 76.3 |
| No | 86 | 23.7 | |
| Place of birth | Health institution | 375 | 93.8 |
| Home | 25 | 6.2 | |
| Mode of delivery (n = 399) | Normal/vaginal | 328 | 82.2 |
| Caesarian section | 71 | 17.8 | |
| Husband support (n = 399) | Yes | 357 | 89.5 |
| No | 42 | 10.5 | |
| Informational status | Informed | 344 | 86 |
| Not informed | 56 | 14 | |
| Any breast complication | Yes | 194 | 48.5 |
| No | 206 | 51.5 | |
| Timely initiation of breastfeeding | Yes | 260 | 65 |
| No | 140 | 35 | |
| Infant feeding practice 24 h before the survey | Exclusive breastfed | 229 | 57.3 |
| Predominant breastfed | 61 | 15.3 | |
| Mixed feeding | 72 | 18.3 | |
| Formula feeding | 38 | 9.1 | |
| Who influenced you to give feedings other than breast milk (n = 374) | My own decision | 92 | 24.6 |
| My husband | 108 | 28.9 | |
| My mother | 76 | 20.3 | |
| Mother in law | 58 | 15.5 | |
| Others ∗1 | 40 | 10.7 | |
| Colostrum feeding | Yes | 365 | 91.2 |
| No | 35 | 8.8 | |
| Reasons for not breastfed exclusively | Lack of information on EBF | 135 | 33.8 |
| Lack of time due to work demand | 101 | 25.3 | |
| Insufficient breastfeeding | 72 | 18 | |
| Breast complication | 55 | 13.6 | |
| Maternal illness | 37 | 9.3 |
ANC: Antenatal care; EBF: Exclusive breastfeeding; ∗1 = Friends, neighbors, other members of extended family.