Table 1.
Demographic data of the study participants.
| Total |
Breastfeeding
(n = 37) |
Bottle feeding
(n = 22) |
Mixed
feeding (n = 52) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age in years | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 88 | 79 | 30 | 81 | 20 | 91 | 38 | 73 |
| 9 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| Economic status | ||||||||
| Low | 18 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 14 |
| Moderate | 45 | 41 | 17 | 46 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 40 |
| High | 48 | 43 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 45 | 24 | 46 |
| Mothers' education level | ||||||||
| No education | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Elementary | 11 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Intermediate | 10 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| High school | 34 | 31 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 31 |
| College | 48 | 43 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 50 | 22 | 42 |
| Higher education | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| School | ||||||||
| Private | 49 | 44 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 45 | 27 | 52 |
| Government | 62 | 56 | 25 | 68 | 12 | 55 | 25 | 48 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Eastern | 67 | 60 | 21 | 57 | 12 | 55 | 34 | 65 |
| Western | 44 | 40 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 45 | 18 | 35 |