Table 6.
Association between EBF and different feeding practices.
| Women's breastfeeding practices | Exclusive breastfeeding (n = 858) | P -Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Total | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Breastfeeding during the 1st hour after birth | Yes | 174 | 79.8 | 429 | 69.9 | 603 | 72.5 | 0.005 |
| No | 44 | 20.2 | 185 | 30.1 | 229 | 27.5 | ||
| When did you start breastfeeding? | Directly after delivery (within the first hour) | 174 | 79.8 | 429 | 69.9 | 603 | 72.5 | 0.007 |
| After one hour | 35 | 16.1 | 113 | 18.4 | 148 | 17.8 | ||
| After 1 day | 5 | 2.3 | 40 | 6.5 | 45 | 5.4 | ||
| After few days | 4 | 1.8 | 32 | 5.2 | 36 | 4.3 | ||
| Infant still breastfeeding | Yes | 124 | 56.9 | 211 | 34.4 | 335 | 40.3 | 0.000 |
| No | 94 | 43.1 | 402 | 65.5 | 496 | 59.6 | ||
| Breastfeeding duration | ≤ 6months | 37 | 38.9 | 271 | 65.9 | 308 | 60.9 | 0.000 |
| >6months | 58 | 61.1 | 140 | 34.1 | 198 | 39.1 | ||
| Skin to skin contact period | ≤ 5 min | 75 | 43.9 | 188 | 42.0 | 263 | 42.5 | 0.661 |
| 6–10 min | 31 | 18.1 | 96 | 21.4 | 127 | 20.5 | ||
| >10 | 65 | 38.0 | 164 | 36.6 | 229 | 37.0 | ||
*P-value significant at P = < 0.005.