Table 5.
KMC at home 7 days postdischarge
| Site | Any skin-to-skin care, n (%) | Hours of skin-to-skin care per day (mean, SD) | >8 hours of skin-to-skin care, per day, n (%) | Exclusive breastfeeding, n (%) | KMC (≥8 hours of skin-to-skin care and exclusive breastfeeding), n (%) |
| Amhara, n=594 | 332 (55.9) | 11.5 (2.5) | 323 (54.3) | 327 (55.1) | 316 (53.2) |
| Oromia, n=286 | 154 (53.8) | 10.0 (3.8) | 118 (41.3) | 171 (60.0) | 108 (37.8) |
| SNNPR, n=106 | 69 (65.1) | 10.5 (5.0) | 61 (57.5) | 76 (71.7) | 61 (57.5) |
| Tigray, n=362 | 256 (70.7) | 12.0 (4.1) | 227 (62.7) | 255 (70.4) | 218 (60.2) |
| Haryana, n=727 | 588 (80.9) | 10.6 (4.2) | 468 (64.4) | 577 (79.4) | 444 (61.1) |
| Karnataka, n=657 | 446 (67.9) | 8.0 (3.1) | 273 (41.6) | 417 (63.5) | 239 (36.4) |
| Uttar Pradesh, n=843 | 710 (84.2) | 11.6 (4.3) | 599 (71.1) | 655 (77.7) | 546 (64.8) |
KMC, Kangaroo Mother Care; SNNPR, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region.