Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics of Mother’s Education Level and Related Variables (n = 53,528)
| Variables | Mother’s Education level | All | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No School | Primary School | Junior High School | Senior High School | College | |||
| EBF status | 0.013* | ||||||
| ● EBF | 367 (29.84%) | 4063 (34.12%) | 4066 (34.49%) | 8180 (34.15%) | 1632 (35.13%) | 18,308 (34.20%) | |
| ● Not EBF (Ref.) | 863 (70.16%) | 7846 (65.88%) | 7723 (65.51%) | 15,774 (65.85%) | 3014 (64.87%) | 35,220 (65.80%) | |
| Mother’s Characteristics | |||||||
| Age (in years; mean) | 1230 (28.48) | 11,909 (31.07) | 11,789 (29.07) | 23,594 (28.50) | 4646 (30.06) | 53,528 (29.33) | ≤ 0.001* |
| Marital status | ≤ 0.001* | ||||||
| ● Single (Ref.) | 5 (0.41%) | 53 (0.45%) | 46 (0.39%) | 82 (0.34%) | 18 (0.39%) | 204 (0.38%) | |
| ● Married | 1208 (98.21%) | 11,719 (98.40%) | 11,622 (98.58%) | 23,731 (99.07%) | 4606 (99.14%) | 52,886 (98.80%) | |
| ● Divorce | 17 (1.38%) | 137 (1.16%) | 121 (1.03%) | 141 (0.59%) | 22 (0.47%) | 438 (0.82%) | |
| Employment Status | ≤ 0.001* | ||||||
| ● Unemployed (Ref.) | 617 (50.16%) | 9077 (76.22%) | 9323 (79.08%) | 19,867 (82.94%) | 1602 (34.48%) | 40,486 (75.64%) | |
| ● Employed | 613 (49.84%) | 2832 (23.78%) | 2466 (20.92%) | 4087 (17.06%) | 3044 (65.52%) | 13,042 (24.36%) | |
| Under five’s Characteristic | |||||||
| Age (in months; mean) | 1230 (14.66) | 11,909 (14.81) | 11,789 (14.76) | 23,594 (14.53) | 4646 (14.69) | 53,528 (14.66) | ≤ 0.001* |
| Gender | 0.605 | ||||||
| ● Male | 641 (52.11%) | 5987 (50.27%) | 5993 (50.84%) | 12,180 (50.85%) | 2367 (50.95%) | 27,168 (50.75%) | |
| ● Female (Ref.) | 589 (47.89%) | 5922 (49.73%) | 5793 (49.14%) | 11,771 (49.14%) | 2279 (49.05%) | 26,354 (49.23%) | |
| Residence | ≤ 0.001* | ||||||
| ● Urban | 167 (13.58%) | 1989 (16.70%) | 2392 (20.29%) | 7559 (31.56%) | 1583 (34.07%) | 13,690 (25.58%) | |
| ● Rural (Ref.) | 1063 (86.42%) | 9920 (83.30%) | 9397 (79.71%) | 16,395 (68.44%) | 3063 (65.93%) | 39,838 (74.42%) | |
Note: Chi-Square used for dichotomous variables and the T-test used for continuous variables. *Significant at the 95% level