Table 3.

Obstetric and infant characteristics of the respondent at Gidan District, North-East Ethiopia, 2021 (n=760)

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)	Per cent (%)
Parity	Primipara	148	19.5
	Multipara	612	80.5
Antenatal care visit	Yes	650	85.5
	No	110	14.5
BFT counselling during ANC	Yes	492	75.7
	No	158	24.3
Place of delivery	Hospital	40	5.2
	Health centre	632	83.2
	Home	88	11.6
BFT counselling immediately after delivery	Yes	378	56.3
	No	294	43.7
Postnatal care	Yes	143	18.8
	No	617	81.2
Age of the infants	≤60 days	307	40.4
	60–120 days	249	32.7
	121–179 days	204	26.9
Sex of the infants	Male	322	42.4
	Female	438	57.6
Breast problems	Yes	21	2.8
	No	739	97.3
Breastfeeding experiences	Yes	616	81.0
	No	144	19.0
Received postpartum home visit by HEW	Yes	374	49.2
	No	386	50.8
Being member of WDA	Yes	156	20.5
	No	604	79.5
Previous information about BFT	Yes	506	66.6
	No	254	33.4

ANC, antenatal care; BFT, breastfeeding technique; HEW, health extension worker; WDA, woman development army.