Table 3.

Exclusive breastfeeding practice among children aged 6–23 months in Woldia Town, Northeast Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Frequency (%) Tot(N=293) No(N=341)
Have you exclusively breastfed your child during the first 6 months?
Yes	293 (46.2%)
No	341 (53.8)
Is there any traditions that hinder EBF practice?
No	544(85.8%)
Yes	90(14.2%)
Did you believe breast milk is sufficient for the Infants?
No	242(38.2%)
Yes	392(61.8%)
Frequency of Breastfeeding in 24 hour
Less than eight times	164(25.9%)
Eight and more tha	470(74.1%0
Reasons for not practicing exclusive breastfeeding
Work condition
No	462(72.9%)
Yes	172(27.1%)
No adequate breast milk production
No	426(62.5%)
Yes	208(32.8%)
Short maternity leave
No	556(87.7%)
Yes	78(12.3%)
Absence of child feeding facility at workplace
No	497(78.4%)
Yes	137(21.6%)
Non-flexibility of work time
No	579(91.3%)
Yes
Yes	55(8.7%)