Table 3 Attitude of study participants towards exclusive breastfeeding, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia, April 2015 (n = 314)
Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
What do you prefer to feed your baby for the first 6 months? | Breast milk only | 281 | 89.5 |
Breast and other food items | 33 | 10.5 | |
Do you think that EBF is better than artificial feeding (n = 281)? | Yes | 205 | 73.0 |
No | 67 | 23.8 | |
Don’t know | 9 | 3.2 | |
Do you believe that the first milk [colostrums] should be discarded? | Yes | 125 | 39.8 |
No | 189 | 60.2 | |
Do you agree that only EBF is enough for child up to 6 months? | Agree | 186 | 59.3 |
Disagree | 128 | 40.7 | |
How did you feel when you give extra food other than breast to your child? | Didn’t feel comfort | 187 | 59.6 |
Comfortable with it | 127 | 40.6 | |
Why you are not comfortable with extra feeding other than breast (n = 187)? | Not sufficient to meet child’s demand | 82 | 43.9 |
It’s not necessary for child | 75 | 40.1 | |
Complain feeling of pain | 30 | 16.0 | |
Do you agree that child less than 6 month who is exclusively breastfed is healthier than child who takes additional food? | Yes | 182 | 58.0 |
No | 79 | 25.1 | |
I don’t know | 53 | 16.9 | |