Table 3.
Association between mixed feeding (breast milk and formula milk and women's sociodemographic characteristics.
| Women characteristics | Mixed feeding (breast milk + formula milk) (n = 858) | P -Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Total | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Emirate | Sharjah | 192 | 44.1 | 190 | 47.9 | 382 | 45.9 | 0.282 |
| Dubai | 243 | 55.9 | 207 | 52.1 | 450 | 54.1 | ||
| Marriage age of mother | ≤ 20 | 122 | 28.2 | 128 | 32.7 | 250 | 30.3 | 0.162 |
| >20 | 311 | 71.8 | 264 | 67.3 | 575 | 69.7 | ||
| Marital status | Married | 428 | 98.4 | 385 | 97.0 | 813 | 97.7 | 0.173 |
| Divorced or Widow | 7 | 1.6 | 12 | 3.0 | 19 | 2.3 | ||
| Mother education | High School and Less | 128 | 29.4 | 133 | 33.5 | 261 | 31.4 | 0.206 |
| Higher than High School | 307 | 70.6 | 264 | 66.5 | 571 | 68.6 | ||
| Mother occupation | Working | 158 | 36.3 | 82 | 20.7 | 240 | 28.8 | 0.000* |
| Not Working | 277 | 63.7 | 315 | 79.3 | 592 | 71.2 | ||
| Having maid at home | Yes | 226 | 69.1 | 173 | 42.2 | 435 | 57.1 | 0.000* |
| No | 117 | 30.9 | 210 | 54.8 | 372 | 42.9 | ||
| Husband occupation | Working fulltime | 428 | 98.4 | 392 | 98.7 | 820 | 98.6 | 0.673 |
| Not working | 7 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.4 | ||
*
P-value significant at P = < 0.005.