Breastfeeding in Saudi Arabia: a review

Al Juaid, Daifellah AM; Binns, Colin W; Giglia, Roslyn C

doi:10.1186/1746-4358-9-1

International Breastfeeding Journal

Table 2 Results of studies that have investigated breastfeeding in Saudi Arabia

From: Breastfeeding in Saudi Arabia: a review

	Study year & location	Study design	Sample size (n)	Initiation rate (%)		Child age (m^†)	Exclusive BF^*(%)	Child age (m^†)	Any BF^*(%)		BF^* duration (m^†)
									R^**	U^**
1	1979-81, Central & South-West KSA (Serenius 1988 [29])	Cross-sectional	2196	90	R^**	-		1	90	76	Median=
				76	U^**			3	90	42	17.8 R^**
								6	85	22	2.1 U^**
2	1987, National (Al-Othaimeen 1987 [35])	Cross-sectional	767	89.9		<6	4.4		29		-
						6-	5.6		15
						12-	9.1		11
3	1987, National (Al-Mazrou 1994 [18])	Cross-sectional	6086	90.1		1	55		95		Mean = 13.4
						3	36		92		14.4 R^**
						6	33		88		12.3 U^**
4	1990, Taif (West) (Madani 1994 [30])	Cross-sectional	1019	98		≤12	43.9		56.1		-
5	1991, National (Al-Shehri 1995 [20])	Cross-sectional	6308	93		<5	53		87		Mean=
						6-12	38		67		13 R^**
						12+	18		24		11 U^**
6	1992, Makkah (West) (Kordy 1992 [24])	Cross-sectional	476	97.1		<36	8.9		42.4		Mean=
6	1992, Makkah (West) (Kordy 1992 [24])	Cross-sectional	476	97.1		<36	8.9		42.4		14.61 ± 3.53
7	1997, Jeddah (West) (Shawky 2003 [31])	Cross-sectional	400	94		-		6	54		Median = 6
8	1995, Riyadh (Central) (Al-Ayed 1998 [32])	Cross-sectional	347	-		6	22.1		51.6		-
9	1999, Riyadh (Central) (Al-Jassir 2004 [19])	Cross-sectional	21507	98.9		4-6	0.8	6	34.3		Mean=
9	1999, Riyadh (Central) (Al-Jassir 2004 [19])	Cross-sectional	21507	98.9		4-6	0.8	6	34.3		6.57 ± 5.71
10	2000, Abha (South-West) (Khattab 2000 [23])	Cross-sectional	100	-		<24	37		47		Mean=
10	2000, Abha (South-West) (Khattab 2000 [23])	Cross-sectional	100	-		<24	37		47		10.7 ± 6.9
11	2001-02, Jeddah (West) (Fida 2003 [33])	Cross-sectional	128	95		-		≤12	82.8		-
12	2002-03, National (Al-Jassir 2006 [34])	Cross-sectional	4872	91.9		3	23.9	4-6	50		-
13	2004-05, National (El Mouzan 2009 [27])	Cross-sectional	5339	91.6		Birth	70.8		88.8		-
						1	39		49
						4	16.4		20.5
						6	8		10.2
14	2005, Riyadh (Central) (Al-Hreashy 2008 [26])	Cross-sectional	578	95		6	1.7		94.3		-
15	2009, AlHassa (Eastern) (El-Gilany 2011 [28])	Cross-sectional	1904	91.9		6	24.4	-			-
16	2010, AlHassa (Eastern) (Amin 2011 [21])	Cross-sectional	641	91		Birth	66.5		77.8		Mean=
						2	32.9		76		8.5 ± 7.4
						4	19.2		67		Median=
						6	12.2		61		6
17	2011, Jeddah (West) (Eldeek 2012 [22])	Cross-sectional	600			≤6	25		58		Mean=
											11.1 ± 6.64

*BF = breastfeeding, m^† = months, R^** = rural, U^** = urban.

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