Table 4.

Breastfeeding..

Background characteristic	Breastfed	Breastfed within 1 hour	Breastfed exclusively first 3 days	Breastfed, breastfed within 1 hour and exclusively	Number	Chi square
Total	96.9	89.3	92.9	82.0	5,298
Educational status of household head						0.004*
None	97.4	91.2	95.2	85.1	422
Primary	97.5	89.9	93.7	83.5	2,663
Secondary	95.9	88.5	91.5	79.9	2,099
Tertiary & others	100.0	83.9	90.8	75.8	62
Don’t know	96.0	87.2	94.0	78.0	50
Marital status of household head						0.004*
Single	97.7	87.4	91.6	79.5	244
Married	96.6	89.2	92.7	81.8	4,411
Cohabiting	100.0	81.6	86.7	65.8	38
Divorced/separated	98.5	91.1	94.9	84.7	360
Widow/widower	97.5	92.0	96.4	87.8	245
ANC Visits						<0.001*
≥4 visits	98.9	89.7	94.9	84.4	4,364
<4 visits	86.9	87.4	83.1	70.7	785
Delivery place						0.574
Health Facility	96.7	89.8	97.4	82.1	276
Home	100.0	81.1	92.7	80.8	5,020
Skilled Birth Attendance						0.097
Yes	97.1	89.6	93.1	82.3	4,897
No	93.7	86.2	91.7	79.0	400
Assisted in delivery
Doctor	99.0	84.8	94.0	79.4	773
Nurse/midwife	96.8	90.1	92.9	82.5	4,309
Auxillary Midwife	99.5	81.8	94.3	77.9	190
Clinical Officer	98.4	90.8	96.5	86.1	244
Traditional Birth Attendant	96.6	84	93.0	74.7	99
Community Health Worker	78.2	88.5	76.4	66.5	206
Relative/friend	70.1	92.1	67.9	58.8	194
No One	94.1	80.6	94.1	75.8	33
Don’t know	87.9	89.3	85.3	78.1	32
Province						<0.001*
Northern	98.5	89.1	96.9	85.1	1,231
Eastern	99.2	83.8	91.2	76.4	709
Lusaka	99.1	91.4	98.0	88.9	592
Southern	90.9	93.4	85.6	78.1	1,429
Central	99.1	82.3	93.1	75.8	298
North Western	98.3	90.9	97.3	87.1	403
Muchinga	98.6	90.1	95.1	85.2	318
Western	99.7	85.8	95.7	84.0	318

^* Statistically significant (p<0.05).