Table 2 Duration of breastfeeding the last child
From: Impact of ritual pollution on lactation and breastfeeding practices in rural West Bengal, India
Breastfeeding duration | Motipur (n = 98) | Kapgari (n = 98) | Santoshpur (n = 92) | Sultanpur (n = 94) | Total (n = 382) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
< 1 year | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 6.5 |
1 year | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 44 | 11.5 |
2 years | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.4 |
3 years | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 34 | 8.9 |
4 – 5 years | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 12.0 |
Until child died | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.6 |
Never breastfed | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 |
Continuing to breastfeed | 48 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 64 | 42 | 45 | 205 | 53.7 |