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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study sample

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice related to infant feeding among women in rural Papua New Guinea: a descriptive, mixed method study

Characteristic

n (%)

Ethnicity

Ā 

Madang Coastal Province

100 (71)

Eastern Highlands Province (Okapa District)

40 (29)

Parity

Ā 

Primipara

76 (54)

Multipara

64 (46)

Maternal age

Ā 

< 30Ā years

85 (61)

ā‰„ 30Ā years

55 (39)

Maternal education level

Ā 

ā‰¤ Grade 4

42 (30)

Grade 5ā€“8

62 (44)

> Grade 8

26 (26)

Maternal employment

Ā 

Unemployed*

133 (95)

Employed

7 (5)

  1. *mothers have no formal job, they are mostly self-employed subsistence farmers.