Table 3 Cross tabulation of maternal and infants factors and practice of EBF

Maternal variables

Age of mother (years)

N = 398

N = 264

N = 134

2.00

25 or less

106 (26.6)

72 (67.9)

34 (32.1)

0.57

26-30

159 (40.0)

100 (62.8)

59 (37.2)

31-35

98 (24.6)

66 (67.3)

32 (32.7)

36 or more

35 (8.8)

26 (74.2)

9 (25.8)

Educational level of mother

N = 396

N = 262

N = 134

14.52

Primary

89 (22.3)

71 (79.7)

18 (20.3)

0.01

Secondary

170 (42.5)

115 (67.6)

55 (32.4)

Tertiary

137 (34.3)

76 (55.4)

61 (44.6)

Socioeconomic class

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

11.29

Lower

185 (46.3)

137 (74.0)

48 (26.0)

0.01

Middle

150 (37.5)

95 (63.3)

55 (36.7)

Upper

65 (16.2)

34 (52.3)

31 (47.7)

Occupation of mother

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

12.10

None

97 (24.2)

60 (61.8)

37 (38.2)

0.01

Unskilled

140 (35.0)

109 (77.8)

31 (22.2)

Semi-skilled

86 (21.5)

52 (60.4)

34 (39.6)

Skilled

77(19.3)

45 (58.4)

32 (41.6)

Distance of office from home

N = 303

N = 206

N = 97

3.19

Within residence

59 (19.5)

42 (71.2)

18 (28.8)

0.20

Nearby (<30 minutes walk)

154 (50.8)

109 (70.8)

44 (29.2)

Farther (>30 minutes walk)

90 (29.7)

55 (61.2)

35 (38.8)

Maternity leave

N = 288

N = 195

N = 93

2.11

No

154 (53.5)

110 (71.4)

44 (28.6)

0.15

Yes

134 (46.5)

85 (63.5)

49 (36.5)

Antenatal care

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

3.40

No

32 (8.0)

26 (81.2)

6 (18.8)

0.07

Yes

368 (92.0)

240 (65.2)

128 (34.8)

Mode of delivery

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

15.36

Vaginal (spontaneous or assisted)

320 (80.0)

198 (61.8)

122 (38.3)

0.01

Caesarean section (CS)

80 (20.0)

68 (85.0)

12 (15.0)

Time from delivery to first feed

N = 357

N = 232

N = 125

7.24

Within 1 hr

128 (35.9)

80 (62.5)

48 (37.6)

0.03

1-6 hrs

115 (32.2)

67 (58.2)

48 (41.7)

Greater than 6 hrs

114 (31.9)

85 (74.5)

29 (25.5)

Infant variables

Age of infants (months)

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

13.94

Less than 1

53 (13.3)

31 (58.4)

22 (41.6)

0.01

1-2

225 (56.2)

141 (62.6)

84 (37.4)

3-4

76 (19.0)

53 (69.7)

23 (30.3)

5-6

46 (11.5)

41 (89.1)

5 (10.9)

Sex

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

0.33

Male

211 (52.8)

143 (67.7)

68 (32.3)

0.57

Female

189 (47.2)

123 (65.0)

66 (35.0)

Birth rank

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

First

126 (31.5)

92 (73.0)

34 (27.0)

6.10

Second

80 (20.0)

49 (61.2)

31 (38.8)

0.19

Third

73 (18.2)

47 (64.3)

26 (35.7)

Fourth

62 (15.5)

36 (58.0)

26 (42.0)

Fifth and higher

59 (14.8)

42 (71.1)

17 (28.9)

Colostrum given

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

7.78

No

46 (11.5)

39 (84.8)

7 (15.2)

0.01

Yes

354 (88.5)

227 (64.1)

127 (35.9)

Baby’s first feed

N = 400

N = 266

N = 134

Water and/or water based solutions

139 (34.8)

105 (75.5)

34 (24.5)

32.86

Breast milk

194 (48.4)

103 (53.1)

91 (46.9)

0.01

Formula based- milks

67 (16.8)

58 (86.7)

9 (13.3)