Table 4 Exclusive breastfeeding practices of study participants, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia, April 2015 (n = 314)
Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Have you breastfeed your last child? | Yes | 314 | 100.0 |
When did you start breastfeeding after delivering your last child? | Immediately | 188 | 59.9 |
Between 2 and 24 hours | 112 | 35.7 | |
After 24 hour | 14 | 4.5 | |
How frequently did you breastfed your last child? | On demand | 209 | 66.6 |
Regularly | 101 | 32.2 | |
Randomly | 4 | 1.3 | |
Have you given your last baby anything before initiating breastfeeding? | No | 243 | 77.4 |
Yes | 71 | 22.6 | |
What was given to your last baby before breast milk after delivery? | Plain water | 34 | 47.9 |
Cow milk | 25 | 35.2 | |
Butter | 12 | 16.9 | |
What was given to your last child starting from birth to 6 month? | Cow and breast milk | 116 | 36.9 |
Breast milk only | 83 | 26.4 | |
Formula | 23 | 7.3 | |
Othera | 92 | 29.3 | |